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This dolmen complex in the Kunkenvenne was 1841 called "undisputed as the largest and greatest grave complex" in the then-mayor Königreich Hannover. Indeed it is a very good preserved and extremly impressive but also an unique monument originating in the late stone age. It consists of 17 "Joch", that is, wall stone pair plus capstone. The chamber reaches 27m in length. Here in Thuine the surrounding stone rings are also well preserved. Unique is also, that there are two of those ovals.
A typical architecture of prehistoric graves are the Emsländer Kammer. They are passage-graves measuring more than 20m length and 2m width and 1m hight inside. Most are oriented from east to west and have an entrance in the middle of the southern side. They originally were buried within long, oval earth mounds, that were bordered with small erratic blocks. Sometimes there are dual or triple passage chambers.
Those graves were built by the first farmers and ranchers of Europe. It were people of the Trichterbecherkultur between 3400 and 2800 B.C. Those places were used for many generations. The skeletons are decayed, as the soil does not contain much lime.
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| Age | : | >3800 | | Town | : | 49832 Thuine | | Picture file name | : | imga0637.jpg | | Picture date | : | 06.05.2008 11:53:00 |
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