D42

The dolmen D42 at Westenesch-Noord lies north of Westenesch in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It belongs to the western group of the Funnel Beaker culture and is dated by typological estimate to 3500–2800 BCE.

The poorly preserved passage grave is aligned from southeast to northwest. Its chamber was 16.5 m long and 4.8 m wide, with twenty-one wall stones along the long sides, one end stone at each short side, and ten capstones. Seven wall stones and six capstones are missing, and no stone enclosure could be identified.

Before the entrance, Albert Egges van Giffen found in 1965 the sockets for three pairs of passage stones, an arrangement unusual among the Netherlands' megalithic tombs, which usually have one or two pairs.

Few cremated human remains were recovered, weighing 2.3 g. The bones belonged to one individual whose age at death and sex could not be determined. During a later search of the excavated soil, van Giffen also found a double-edged bronze razor from the Middle Bronze Age, dated to 1400–1200 BCE.

The monument was restored in 1960 and has been a national monument since 1983. In 2017, it was recorded with photogrammetry in a 3D atlas by the Gratama Foundation, the province of Drenthe, and the University of Groningen.

D42 is a dolmen in Emmen, 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 Westenesch-Noord", shown in the original language.