Hunt

Der Hunt is a stone setting which consists of six upright, rounded stones. In the centre stands a significantly larger, column-shaped stone that is about 1.5 metres high, 0.9 metres wide and 0.55 metres thick. According to the information board, the stone setting resembles a sitting dog, but I did not perceive it that way myself. According to German Wikipedia the site name is “Steinkreis von Bentstreek”, but for me, the site does not resemble a stone circle. But maybe this comes from the fact, that the site was re-erected in 1978 without any knowledge of the original state.
The site is listed in the book “Menhire in Deutschland” by Johannes Groht.

Visited September 2025

taken from the on-site information board:

Stone setting Hunt

Southwest of the village of Marx in the “Hunt” field stood a stone setting, which probably served as a road marker in the Middle Ages.
It consisted of a vertical centre stone 1.98 metres high, surrounded by four or five boulders in a circle. The exact number is unknown because the Hunt fell victim to heath cultivation. It owes its re-erection to deep ploughing measures, which brought the individual stones back to light. This Hunt stone setting in its current form was re-erected in 1978 by the Marx Citizens’ Association.
The original stone setting was located on the highest elevation about 200 metres southwest of its current location. The shape of the stone setting resembled a sitting dog. This is probably how the field name ‘Hunt’ came about.