hunebed

…megalithic burial monuments (the so-called hunebedden), the precise origins of which are still unknown. Composed of large stone blocks left behind by receding glaciers, these monuments mark collective tombs and may extend for up to 160 feet (about 50 metres) in length. In addition to the beakers for which the…

…50 megalithic funerary monuments (hunebedden, “huns’ graves”) attest to prehistoric settlement of the area. It was part of the bishopric of Utrecht from 1046 to 1522 but passed to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V in 1536 and was incorporated in the Habsburg dominions. It took part in the…

…in the vicinity are several hunebedden (“huns’ graves”; prehistoric funereal monuments built with large boulders that were probably deposited during the Ice Age). Immediately south, near Schoonebeek, are oil and gas fields. Pop. (2007 est.) 108,832.