Hunebed D27 Borger
Ganggrab D27 · Hunebed van Borger · Largest Hunebed
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker Culture West Group (TRB)·🇳🇱 Drenthe, Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands
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About Hunebed D27 Borger
Largest hunebed (dolmen) in Netherlands at Borger, D27 passage grave of 9 capstones and 38 uprights, total length 22.6 m of glacial erratic boulders (gneiss, granite) moved from Scandinavia during Saale glaciation. Built by Funnel Beaker Culture c.3470–3400 BCE, with prolonged Beaker reuse and later Iron Age deposits. Adjacent Hunebed Centrum museum. Of 54 surviving Dutch hunebedden, D27 is flagship.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Transport of 20t erratics 150 km from Scandinavian till
Theories
- 01Community aggregation monument for Drenthe farmers
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3470–3400 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker Culture West Group (TRB)
- Purpose
- Passage grave collective burial under former mound
- Abandoned
- c.2700 BCE (with Beaker reuse)
- Rediscovered
- Known since medieval; first mapped 17th century; excavated 1685, 1960s
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3470–3400 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1477 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
52.9302° N · 6.7974° E · 20 m · 2 mapped features
Passage Grave D27
passage grave9-capstone passage grave 22.6 m with kerb stones
52.9302° N · 6.7974° EHunebed Centrum Museum
museumVisitor centre with experimental archaeology displays
52.9303° N · 6.7977° E
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