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Passage grave of Apeldorn/Meppen
Passage grave of Apeldorn/Meppen

Common name for this grave is "Der steinerne Schlüssel". It is in good condition. It had 3 cupstones, from which the middle one is missing. The walls of the chamber consist of 6 carrier stones plus the end stones in East and West. An entry was built on the southern side, but whose cupstone is missing too.

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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About...
Age:>4000
Town:49716 Apeldorn
Administration:Emsland
State:Niedersachsen
Sprockhoff ID:852
Picture file name:imgq1720.jpg
Picture date:06.05.2008 14:06:00

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