{"id":1590,"date":"2021-06-18T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/?page_id=1590"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:36:12","slug":"gros-bersen-7-passage-tomb-near-huven-niedersachsen-germany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/passage-tombs\/gros-bersen-7-passage-tomb-near-huven-niedersachsen-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Gro\u00df Ber\u00dfen 7 Passage Tomb, near H\u00fcven, Niedersachsen, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This passage tomb is one of a set of 8 found on the road from Gro\u00df Ber\u00dfen to H\u00fcven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. 52 N 46′ 53″, 7 E 31′ 1.27″. 110 feet elevation.<\/p>\n

North of the road, across from the easternmost, better preserved passage tomb, a path leads into the forest to the “King’s Grave” (Gro\u00df Ber\u00dfen 8). From here a path branches off after a few meters to the northeast to this reconstructed passage tomb, named Gro\u00df Ber\u00dfen Passage Tomb 7.<\/p>\n

The site was first mentioned in 1825, when only 3 large capstones were visible in a small hill. By 1925, 28 stones were visible in a 4 meter high, 24 meter long and 20 meter wide hill. During a 1955 excavation, archaeologists found fragments of 330 clay vessels from the Funnel Beaker Culture, 22 flint arrowheads, other stone tools and a copper disk. The burial chamber was reconstructed 3 years later. Restorers fastened together a capstone that had been blown into two pieces with iron clips. Two of the five original capstones were in pieces. A mound was constructed over the stones.\u00a0 The caps are supported by 14 orthostats. The passage appears oriented to the Southeast, possibly sunrise on Winter Solstice.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Stone Pages DE for the above photo.<\/p>\n

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For photos of the interior see: https:\/\/www.themodernantiquarian.com\/site\/16821\/gro_beren_7.html<\/p>\n

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This passage tomb is one of a set of 8 found on the road from Gro\u00df Ber\u00dfen to H\u00fcven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. 52 N 46′ 53″, 7 E 31′ 1.27″. 110 feet elevation. North of the road, across from the easternmost, better preserved passage tomb, a path leads into the forest to the “King’s Grave” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590\/revisions\/1612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}