Interpretive illustration of a typical Megalithic tomb

Megalithic tomb

Großsteingräber bei Gogolewko

Poland

DatedEst. 3500–2800 BCE

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The Großsteingräber bei Gogolewko (also known as Großsteingräber bei Neu Jugelow) are at least three megalithic tombs of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture near Gogolewko (German Neu Jugelow), in the municipality of Dębnica Kaszubska, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, although they lie within the municipality of Potęgowo. Graves 1 and 2 bear the Sprockhoff numbers 595 and 596, and the group is dated by typological estimate to between 3500 and 2800 BCE.

Grave 1 is a trapezoidal Hünenbett, grave 2 a damaged chamber of uncertain type, and grave 3 survives only as scattered stones.

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Est. 3500–2800 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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Großsteingräber bei Gogolewko

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Graves 1 and 2 lie about 3 km north-east of Gogolewko, not far from each other, in a patch of woodland.

Großsteingräber bei Gogolewko

Setting

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Graves 1 and 2 lie about 3 km north-east of Gogolewko, not far from each other, in a patch of woodland. A third grave lies further north. According to Ernst Sprockhoff, remains of further megalithic tombs may exist in the nearer surroundings. The Großsteingräber bei Łupawa (Großsteingräber bei Lupow) are 2.3 km north-north-east of grave 3.

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Grave 1 is a trapezoidal Hünenbett oriented north-east to south-west, 18 m long and 6.5 m wide at the north-east end and 4 m at the south-west end. Only remains of the stone kerb survive. The eastern corner stone is 1.3 m high; the remaining stones are much smaller, and on the south-western short side they barely protrude from the ground. No chamber can be identified.

Grave 2 has a chamber oriented north-west to south-east, 3 m long and 1 m wide. It probably consisted originally of three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, an end stone at each short end and at most three capstones. The south-eastern end stone, the adjoining wall stone of the south-western long side and the three wall stones of the north-eastern long side survive. On the north-eastern side the middle and northern stones are still in situ, while the southern one has fallen into the chamber. Where the original entrance lay is unclear, so the exact type of the grave cannot be determined with certainty.

Of the third grave only a few stones survive, scattered over a larger area. They are probably the remains of the kerb of a Hünenbett.