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    A threshold stone or sill stone (German: Schwellenstein) is a rectangularly dressed stone slab that forms part of the entrance of megalithic tombs of the...
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    infill (Zwischenmauerwerk) Entrance and threshold stone (Zugang und Schwellenstein) Chamber flooring (Kammerdielen) Chamber layout (Kammereinrichtung)...
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    diameter in the centre of which the remains (the uprights and the joist (Schwellenstein)) of a passage grave are located. Sites 5 and 6 are Bronze Age tumuli...
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    Another feature of ground-level entrances is a so-called stone sill (Schwellenstein). This separates the secular or profane area of the passage from the...
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