Two megalithic tombs remain in Dummertevitz

The Ziegensteine rest at the southern edges of the Stresower Tannen forest. This Neolithic Funnelbeaker passage grave has a length of approximately 30 m and features an east-west oriented trapezoidal passage with a transverse chamber. While there were originally about eleven megalithic tombs in the Dummertevitz area, only two remain today.

Swedish surveys between 1692 and 1709 noted the locations of some graves as small 'tree and shrub islands' on fields. By 1829, Friedrich von Hagenow provided the first scientific description of the tombs, including their locations on his Special Charte of the island of Rügen. While the 1692–1709 maps show eleven signatures for tombs at Dummertevitz, a 1904 list published by Rudolf Baier only records seven.

In 1931, Ernst Sprockhoff performed the first detailed documentation and recorded the site as being completely hidden under bushes. Ewald Schuldt led an excavation in 1969 that uncovered the chamber. Large 'guardian stones' are located at the eastern end of the passage grave, while the northern closing stone remains in place.

Find the Ziegensteine along Küstenweg between Lancken-Granitz and Groß Stresow. It sits immediately south of the path at the southern edge of the Stresower Tannen forest.

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