Everstorfer Forst Süd 5

Also known as:
Naschendorf 5 and Sprockhoff Nr. 315
Latitude:
53° 51' 43.45 N
Longitude:
11° 16' 53.87 E
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Image of Everstorfer Forst Süd 5 (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) by Nucleus

Ernst Sprockhoff
Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands,
Teil 2: Mecklenburg – Brandenburg – Pommern (1967)

Image credit: Ernst Sprockhoff
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Everstorfer Forst Süd 5

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Nucleus Aug 14, 2026

Everstorfer Forst Süd 5 is a heavily damaged extended dolmen oriented in a north-west to south-east direction. Only four supporting stones remain in an elongated depression. The dimensions of the chamber were determined from the cobblestone paving found during an excavation in 1967. Each short side of the chamber, measuring 4.6 by 1.3 metres, featured four supporting stones. The reconstruction assumes the presence of two capstones.

To get to the tomb, walk a short distance north-west along the road from the Südgruppe car park, leaving the B105 behind you. After about 30 metres, a forest track branches off to the left towards the west. Follow the path for about 75 metres; a sign reading ‘Geschütztes Bodendenkma’l (Protected Archaeological Site) marks the footpath that leads to the left and in about 40 metres to the tomb.

Visited June 2026

Everstorfer Forst Süd 5

Nucleus
Nucleus Aug 14, 2026

Taken from the on-site information board:

Stone Age megalithic tomb
—a destroyed dolmen—

At a time when humankind made do with simple earthen caves, tent-like huts or stilt houses as dwellings, they erected structures for eternity for their dead. Even today, on remote moors or in secluded woods, we still find massive stone structures as the half-vanished remnants of that distant prehistory (4th millennium BCE), some of which, like this one, fell victim to stone quarrers.

This structure consisted of an approximately square chamber, which was sealed from above by capstones. Originally, this structure was probably also surrounded by a stone ring and covered with earth. This is a large dolmen of which only fragments remain. Apart from the four wall stones, the capstones, wall stones and keystones were dismantled by stone cutters and were probably used for road construction.

During an investigation of the site by the Mecklenburg archaeologist Prof. Dr Ewald SchuIdt in 1967, remains of a cobblestone paving were found in the chamber floor. This made it possible to determine the chamber’s original dimensions precisely as 1.3 m wide and 4.6 m long. The positions of the wall stones, which are now missing, could also be identified.

Despite the extensive damage to the site, the drawn reconstruction provides an impressive picture of the original chamber.

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