D30 — Hunebed D30 in Boswachterij, Bodenpad in Exloo, Borger-Odoorn

Dolmen

D30

Germany

DatedEst. 3500–2800 BCE

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Das Großsteingrab Exloo-Noord ist eine megalithische Grabanlage der jungsteinzeitlichen Westgruppe der Trichterbecherkultur bei Exloo, einem Ortsteil von Borger-Odoorn in der niederländischen Provinz Drenthe. Es trägt die Van-Giffen-Nummer D30.

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Großsteingrab Exloo-Noord is a megalithic passage grave belonging to the young Neolithic western group of the Trichterbecherkultur. It lies northwest of Exloo, a district of Borger-Odoorn in the Dutch province of Drenthe, in the wooded area Exlooër bos. Großsteingrab Exloo-Zuid is 3,1 km to the south-southeast.

The grave is aligned south-southeast to north-northwest. Its burial chamber measures 7,3 m long and 3,4 m wide, with four pairs of side stones, one closing stone at each short end, and an entrance in the middle of the eastern long side. Two stones form the passage. Three of the original four capstones survive; the northernmost is missing.

The mound was built in two phases, with the later phase probably dating to the Early Bronze Age, 2000–1600 v. Chr. The site was first mentioned in 1818. Albert Egges van Giffen excavated and restored it in 1918, Jan N. Lanting examined it in 1985, and it was restored again in 1992. Since 1993 it has been a Nationaldenkmal.

Human remains were found during Van Giffen’s investigation. The grave goods included flint axes and arrowheads, sherds from about 80 Trichterbecherkultur vessels, and pottery fragments from the endneolithische Einzelgrabkultur. Cremated remains may belong to the endneolithische Glockenbecherkultur. The site is known as D30 and as Exloo-Noord.

No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Großsteingrab Exloo-Noord", shown in the original language.

Großsteingrab Exloo-Noord

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D30 is a dolmen in Borger-Odoorn, 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 German article "Großsteingrab Exloo-Noord", shown in the original language.