Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
Großsteingrab Nobbin · Nobbin Megalithic Tomb
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker (TRB)·🇩🇪 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen, Germany
About
About Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
Funnel Beaker (TRB) extended dolmen (c. 3500–2800 BCE) at Nobbin, Rügen Island, 30 m trapezoid enclosure with guard stones, chamber with 3 capstones and Neolithic depositions. One of best preserved north German megaliths with Baltic Sea view.
Why it mattersExemplary Baltic TRB trapezoidal hunebed illustrating northern megalithic architecture.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Rügen TRB maritime network
- 02Enclosure orientation
Theories
- 01Coastal chiefdom monument visible from sea
- 02Astronomical alignment to sea horizon
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. 3400 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker (TRB)
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3400 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
On the ground
Structures & features
54.6530° N · 13.4020° E · 18 m · 3 mapped features
Trapezoid Enclosure Kerb
enclosure30 m trapezoidal setting of 40 granite guard stones with wide end facing sea
54.6532° N · 13.4021° EChamber Capstones
capstone3 massive granite capstones 2.5 m each over chamber
54.6529° N · 13.4021° EEntrance Portal Stones
portalPaired portal orthostats marking chamber entrance south side
54.6531° N · 13.4019° E