Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure
Barnstorf Megalith · Recker Feld Hunebed
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Emsland Group·🇩🇪 Lower Saxony, Diepholz, Germany
About
About Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure
TRB passage grave at Barnstorf (c. 3500 BCE), Emsland-type hunebed 22 m long enclosure with chamber and cup-marked capstone, in Lower Saxon plain. Excavated 19th century with funnel beakers and amber.
Why it mattersSouthern Emsland group example near Bremen frontier.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Emsland vs Oldenburg TRB variance
- 02Amber trade
Theories
- 01Lowland TRB territorial marker
- 02River plain settlement cemetery
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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Emsland Group
- Purpose
- Collective burial
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure
On the ground
Structures & features
52.7050° N · 8.5030° E · 45 m · 3 mapped features
Enclosure Kerb (22 m)
enclosureOval enclosure of 30 granite orthostats
52.7052° N · 8.5031° ECup-Marked Capstone
capstoneWestern capstone 2.8 m with 7 cup-marks
52.7049° N · 8.5031° EMid-Passage Entrance
corridorShort passage 2.5 m on southeast side
52.7051° N · 8.5029° E