Steinkiste Horneburg

Latitude:
53° 29' 10.39 N
Longitude:
9° 32' 26.59 E
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Image of Steinkiste Horneburg (Cist) by Nucleus

The stone cist lies under this group of trees
Visited May 2019

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2019
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Nucleus Jul 13, 2019
Image of Steinkiste Horneburg (Cist) by Nucleus

The capstone contains several cup marks
Visited May 2019

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2019
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Nucleus Jul 13, 2019
Image of Steinkiste Horneburg (Cist) by Nucleus

A group of cup marks
Visited May 2019

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2019
Nucleus
Nucleus Jul 13, 2019

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Steinkiste Horneburg

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Nucleus Jul 14, 2019

About 220 m southwest of Horneburg 3 and Horneburg 4 lies a striking mound under a group of trees in the field. In the mound in a hollow is a stone cist, from which a 2 meter large capstone can be seen. The support stones of the chamber are not exposed. The capstone has a number of cup marks.

On the current map of the necropolis Daudieck the site is designated as station 7.

Visited May 2019

Steinkiste Horneburg

Nucleus
Nucleus Jul 13, 2019

taken from the information board of station 7:

Stone cist in the burial mound

Burial mounds with stone “cists” for the central tomb were rarer than tree-coffins. This type of funerals were probably at the beginning of the burial mound time the prefered manner. The principle is to build a stable, maybe permanent protection for the burial. 1000 years later, from 600 BC, urns were also places in stone boxes. The stone cist of this mound holds a special feature: located on the capstone are cup marks (bowls). Cup-marked stones can also be found at other places, but usually not as part of a tomb, but in its own function. Unfortunately, a convincing reason why there are cups drilled or pecked into the hard boulders are not found yet. Most assumptions refer to cultic actions.

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