Taken from the on-site information board:
Community of Landkirchen
- Megalithic tomb -
The prehistoric megalithic tomb was built near the coast on an elevated area. It still consists of four supporting stones of the two long sides and a capstone. An end stone on the narrow side and two flat entrance stones are no longer present. It appears to be an extended dolmen. Such tombs of the Neolithic period (approx. 3500 v. Chr. ) were covered with earth.
The builders were settlers who cleared the naturally grown forest with polished flint axes and settled down on the basis of a rural way of life. In the burial chambers they gave ceramic vessels, amber jewellery and stone tools to their dead.
In the first half of the 19th century, the megalithic tomb served as a signpost for seafarers. The side facing the sea was painted white and a white cross shone on the capstone; the grave was therefore not allowed to be ‘removed’ or ‘mutilated’.
The megalithic tomb has been a listed building since 1979.