Düstenhöge (Düstermühle) Megalith in Emsland
Düstenhöge Steingrab · Emsland Hünegrab
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker — Emsland·🇩🇪 Lower Saxony, Emsland, Germany
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About Düstenhöge (Düstermühle) Megalith in Emsland
Emsland passage grave (c. 3300 BCE) near Meppen, 15 m hunebed with chamber and oval enclosure, TRB Emsland group. Capstones partly displaced but chamber well preserved in forest clearing.
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Why it mattersTypical Emsland hunebed for northern German TRB road.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Forest vs heath siting
- 02Capstone quarrying source
Theories
- 01Forest clearing marker for TRB farmers
- 02River Ems corridor node
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3300 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker — Emsland
- Purpose
- Collective burial
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3300 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Düstenhöge (Düstermühle) Megalith in Emsland
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Düstenhöge (Düstermühle) Megalith in Emsland
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Düstenhöge (Düstermühle) Megalith in Emsland
On the ground
Structures & features
52.6800° N · 7.3100° E · 28 m · 3 mapped features
Forest Chamber
chamber7 m chamber with in situ orthostats in pine clearing
52.6801° N · 7.3101° EEnclosure Oval
enclosure15 m oval kerb of 22 boulders
52.6799° N · 7.3101° EDisplaced Capstone West
capstone2.6 m capstone fallen west of chamber
52.6802° N · 7.3099° E