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Burtevitz 1 Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech |
Burtevitz 2
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Burtevitz 3 Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech |
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Burtevitz 4 Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech |
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The megalithic tombs near Burtevitz (also known as megalithic tombs near Preetz) were originally probably 23 megalithic tombs of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture in the vicinity of Burtevitz, a district of the municipality of Lancken-Granitz in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Only four of these still exist today. All of the tombs are grand dolmens. Please note that my numbering scheme follows the numbering on the German Wikipedia page, which is based on Ewald Schludt's numbering. Sprockhoff / Schuldt / Beier Preetz 1 (507) / Burtevitz 2 / Burtevitz 3 Preetz 2 (506) / Burtevitz 1 / Burtevitz 2 Preetz 3 (505) / Burtevitz 4 / Burtevitz 1 ----------------- / Burtevitz 3 / Burtevitz 4 Visited June 2021 |
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Burtevitz 3 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes |
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Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs. This completely preserved grand dolmen was only excavated in 1969 by Ewald Schuldt. Until then, the site was considered a barrow and therefore has no Sprockhoff numbering. The mound fill has a diameter of 12 m and reached a height of 2 m before the excavation. The enclosure originally consisted of 18 stones, of which Schuldt found 13. The burial chamber is oriented northwest-southeast. It is 3.7 m long, 1.8 m wide and 1.3 m high. It has three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, a normal-sized end stone on the north-west side and three cap stones. Visited June 2021 |
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Burtevitz 4 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes |
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Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs. The tomb is still largely stuck in a mound almost 0.8 metre high and 9 metres in diameter. Two of the original three capstones, the south-eastern endstone and some supporting stones of the long sides barely protruding from the ground can be seen. The chamber oriented in a northwest-southeast direction, probably a grand dolmen, is assumed to measure 4.50 x 2 metres. Visited June 2021 |
Posted by Nucleus 20th November 2021ce |
Burtevitz 1 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Fieldnotes |
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Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs. The tomb was severely damaged in 1926 when the capstones and the south-eastern end stone were removed as building material for a causeway. Ernst Sprockhoff therefore found only an irregular pile of stones when he recorded the site in 1931. The mound fill had been removed and the wall stones protruded 1 m from the ground. In 1969, the site was excavated and restored by E. Beltz. It now appears as a burial chamber, presumably a grand dolmen, with three supporting stones on one side and two preserved ones on the opposite side. A end stone has also been preserved. Visited June 2021 |
Posted by Nucleus 20th November 2021ce |
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