HET NA-ONDERZOEK VAN HET VERNIELDE HUNEBED D31a BIJ EXLO (DR.)

Samenvatting

In 1843 a megalithic tomb was discovered when a burial mound near Exlo was exca­vated. Before 1869 the tomb was destroyed. During the Second World War a subterra­nean shelter of 2x2x2 m was constructed in the disturbed centre of the mound by two locals in hiding. Excavation in 1993 showed that the me­galithic tomb had consisted of three ortho­stats and a capstone, and therefore was a dolmen. It was constructed in a 1.3 m deep pit, and had a 1.4 m high cover mound of sand. Sherds of c. 40 pots, largely belong­ing to Brindley's Horizon l, were found in the disturbed soil. In the Middle Bronze Age the mound was heightened to c. 2 m, and surrounded by a carefully constructed wall of heavy boul­ders. Later erosion, a layer of driftsand and the soil dumps of 1843-69 gave the mound its present appearance.