D9

The Großsteingrab Annen, also known as D9, is a megalithic passage grave in Annen, a district of Aa en Hunze in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It belongs to the western group of the Funnel Beaker culture. The monument lies in the northern part of Annen, on green ground beside the Zuidlaarderweg, southeast of a roundabout. Nearby are the Großsteingrab Anloo-Noord (D8) and the Großsteingrab Schipborg (D7).

Only the western half of the east-west oriented passage grave survives. Its original burial chamber was about 7 m long and about 2.5 m wide, with four wall stones on each long side, an end stone on each short side, four capstones, and an entrance passage on the middle of the southern long side. The surviving elements are two pairs of western wall stones, the western end stone, and two capstones. During restoration in 1952, a fallen capstone was replaced on the wall stones, and the positions of missing stones were marked with concrete. No stone enclosure could be identified.

The grave was mentioned in 1711 and depicted in 1769. Albert Egges van Giffen documented it in 1918 and led its excavation and restoration in 1952; the excavation results were published in 1987 by D. J. de Groot. Pottery from the Funnel Beaker culture indicates construction in Stage 3, 3300–3250 v. Chr., with the main period of use in Stage 4, 3250–3190 v. Chr. No activity was detected in Stages 6 and 7, 3075–2860 v. Chr. and 2860–2760 v. Chr. Later finds show use during the End Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, and the monument has been a Nationaldenkmal since 1978.

Monuments of this kind in the Netherlands are called hunebedden. They were built by the western group of the Funnel Beaker culture between 3470 and 3250 BCE and used until about 2760 BCE. After that culture ended, sites were reused by the Single Grave and Bell Beaker cultures, and in some cases into the Middle Ages. Annen also yielded 75 flint finds, including 11 transverse arrowheads, three axes, and a sickle blade, along with five beads: one made of amber and four of jet. No human bones were found, although the soil and the unsieved chamber may have prevented their preservation or discovery.

D9 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 German article "Großsteingrab Annen", shown in the original language.