Großsteingrab im Sandheck [die hilligen Kämpe, Kleine Kämpchen, Großsteingrab Groß Reken] Chambered Tomb : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Großsteingrab im Sandheck Alternative Name: die hilligen Kämpe, Kleine Kämpchen, Großsteingrab Groß Reken
Country: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Borken Nearest Village: Reken
Latitude: 51.835719N Longitude: 7.094407E
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**Großsteingrab im Sandheck** submitted by Harald_Platta : The rediscovered stones from the chambered tomb Im Sandheck were reused as decoration for the war memorial in Reken (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Stones in the north-western corner of the memorial site. © Platta 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sandcheck was a chambered tomb in Reken (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), that was most likely built by the Funnelbeaker Culture (ca. 4300 – 3000 BC). Until the late 1920`s, nine of the megaliths were still visible in an area of about 30 m in length that was surrounded by farmland. However, shortly before 1930 the big stones were broken and used for the basements of houses, while the area of the tomb was incorporated into the farmland.

Back then, visitors compared Sandheck with the nearby Düvelsteene in Heiden.

While the exact position of the tomb was forgotten for a long time, a re-examination in the year 2009 suggested the localization in a field near Sandheck street (coordinates: 51.843038, 7.073408). Some of the stones of the chambered tomb had been recovered before, when an sheep barn, which was located 1 km north-east of the tomb, was teared down. They were re-used as decoration of the war memorial in the nearby village Maria-Veen in 1952. More parts of the former tomb were recovered, when another house was teared down in 2006. The stones can still be seen at the war memorial (see coordinates at the top of the page). The site interconnects the remains of the megalithic tomb and the modern memorial stone for the remembrance of the dead.

The single remaining find from the tomb is a clay pott called Kragenflasche von Reken, which stems from the Funnelbeaker Culture. It is 10 cm high and displays a sharp profile. Moreover, it is decorated with vertically downwards extending recesses. The find was of certain significance because it was one of the first described clay pots of this type.

A similar clay pot has been found in the nearby Düvelsteene. While the Kragenflasche of the Düvelsteene can be seen in the Museum Ramsdorf, the Kragenflasche von Reken is stored in the depot of the LWL-Archäologie - Außenstelle Münster.
It has been suggested, that the Kragenflasche might have had a content of ritual meaning, like e.g. precious oil or brimstone, that have also been found in other Kragenflaschen. Alternatively, it might have contained water or another drink as grave good for the journey of the dead.

Literature:
[01] Tenbohlen, H. & Sondermann, J.: Archäologische Fundstücke aus der Vorzeit im Rekener Raum (2009).
[02] Knöll, H.: Kragenflaschen. Ihre Verbreitung und ihre Zeitstellung im europäischen Neolithikum. In: Offa Bücher 41 (1981).
[03] Sprockhoff, E.: Atlas der Megalithgräber Niedersachsens u. Westfalens (1975).
[04] Heselhaus, A.: Bodenforschung im Kreise Borken (1974).
[05] Knöll, H.: Nordwestdeutsche Tiefstichkeramik (1959).
[06] Obertkirch, K.: Kreisstelle für Naturdenkmalpflege Tgb.Nr.214/30. (1930).
[07] Aberg, N.: New Stone Age in Northern und Western Europe (1912).

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