Kaköhl

Taken from the on-site information board:

Community of Blekendorf

- Megalithic tombs Kaköhl – Buschkate –

Tombs of the later Stone Age, built around 2700 – 2500 BC. Best preserved: trapezoidal long barrow with burial chamber. Four of the six capstones as well as six pairs of supporting stones and a capstone are present. The stones west of the long barrow are the remains of a burial chamber, which was once covered by a round mound. The one to the south is, according to ancient tradition, the remains of another long barrow.

The builders of such tombs were Stone Age settlers who used ground flint axes to clear the naturally grown forest with polished flint axes and built on the basis of a farming way of life and economy. In

connection with an unknown mortuary custom ceramic vessels (e.g. funnel beakers, hence the funnel beaker culture), amber jewellery and stone tools were found in the grave chambers.

The tombs were placed under protection in 1967 with an entry in the protected with the entry in the monument register.

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