D18

Dolmen D18 stands northeast of Rolde in Drenthe, the Netherlands, near the churchyard and Sint-Jacobskerk on the es. Another dolmen, D17, lies nearby. D18 was restored by Joan Lodewijk Gerhard Gregory, while D17 remains more of a ruin.

The monument was erected between 3400 and 3200 BCE and is attributed to the Funnel Beaker culture. It has seven capstones, 14 supporting stones, two closing stones and two portal stones. The entrance faces south. The dolmen is 12,6 metres long and 3,5 metres wide.

Its first probable mention dates from 1547, when the “Pillars of Hercules” at Rolde were said to include a sacrificial stone and a narrow passage beneath the stones. The monument was also known as ’s Duvels Kut. D17 and D18 were sold by the Boermarke of Rolde for 150 guilders. The government purchased D17 in 1872 and D18 a year later. Restorations took place in 1873, 1931, 1936, between 1957 and 1965 and in 1993.

In July 1878, William Collings Lukis and sir Henry Dryden surveyed forty hunebedden on the Hondsrug for the Society of Antiquaries. Lukis recorded D18 as having 16 supporting stones and seven capstones, with its entrance to the south. Their report was not printed at the time, but the Drentse archaeologist dr. Wijnand van der Sanden published their work in 2015, describing it as high quality. An exhibition about their work was held at the Drents Museum that year.

D18 is a dolmen in Aa en Hunze, Germany. Wikidata describes it as: dolmen in the Netherlands. A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Dutch article "D18 (hunebed)", shown in the original language.