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Marienborn megalithic tomb (Opfersteine)

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Marienborn megalithic tomb (Opfersteine)

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Marienborn megalithic tomb (Opfersteine)

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Location: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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April 21, 2022

The (so-called) sacrificial stones form the 8th station of the Archaeological-Historical Path Marienborn.
They were discovered in the mid-19th century. Foreman Ernst Schmidt and the local researcher Gustav Maas from Altenhausen found these three large stone blocks lying in a row. They probably owe their name to the two head-sized indentations on one of the stones that are connected by a groove. It was not until 1921 that the stones were recognized as the cover slabs of a megalithic tomb.
Even if there have not been any in-depth investigations to date, it can be assumed that the so-called "sacrificial stones" are the burial chamber of a large stone grave for a village or family group.

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Puffin

March 28, 2021

Because of the groove in a stone, the stones were called sacrificial stones.

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der Frank

March 31, 2018

Sacrificial stones and in the vicinity are also barrows

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Marienborn megalithic tomb (Opfersteine)

1. Stone Cist Grave B – Orangerie Marienborn Café loop from Harbke

2. Historic Center of Marienborn – Stone Cist Grave B loop from Marienborn

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