The megalithic tombs at Kahlstorf were four grave sites of the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near to the community Wrestedt belonging district Kahlstorf in the district of Uelzen (Lower Saxony). There are only two of them today. These carry the Sprockhoff numbers 801 and 802. The other two plants were destroyed in the late 19th century. They bear the numbers 803 and 804.

Tomb 1:
The chamber, which is a passage grave, is still enclosed by the embankment of the slightly trapezoid, north-south orientated long bed. Only the upper areas of four capstones protrude from the ground, the northern one seems to be a little dragged off. The mount is 26 m long. Its width is 7 m in the north and 5 m in the south. At 35 she still has almost all curbs. Although her southern end is disturbed, she still makes a relatively complete impression.

Around 1840, chamberlain Georg Otto Carl von Estorff visited the megalithic tomb, discovering "the lower leg bones of a skeleton". His excavation brought to light six skeletons of grave goods that were medieval tombs. Curt Schwantes chose them in 1909, as compared to a nearby burial ground, as Slavic burials. Around 3500 years after its completion, the Hünenbett had been reused as a burial ground. There are no findings about the original Stone Age funerals.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fsteingr%C3%A4ber_bei_Kahlstorf

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Maik Richter

August 23, 2020

When I was there, there was unfortunately no direct access to the "megalithic graves" as there were only planted fields all around. So I could only take a look at the "large stone grave" from the dirt road (about 20 meters away). Unfortunately, there wasn't much to see as the area was quite overgrown.

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