Großsteingrab Teufelsbackofen, Neolithic dolmen in Everstorfer Forest, Germany

Großsteingrab Teufelsbackofen is a Stone Age burial mound in Everstorfer Forest, consisting of seven support stones and two capstones arranged within a circular setting of boundary markers. The structure forms a complete chamber that once served as a communal grave for multiple individuals.

The dolmen, catalogued as Sprockhoff no. 312, was built between 3500 and 2800 BC by the Funnel Beaker culture (Trichterbecherkultur). In 1966 Ewald Schuldt excavated the site and reconstructed it: the displaced capstone was laid back on the chamber and the ring of enclosure stones was restored to its circular arrangement. The sparse finds were human bones, a transverse arrowhead and sherds of vessels of the Single Grave culture.

The name Teufelsbackofen (Devil's Oven) is a later folk label for the chamber, whose capstones and small cup marks were read as the marks of baking. The eastern capstone carries numerous cup marks up to 6 cm across and 3 cm deep, some on the inner face; the second capstone has only a few.

The site is located within Everstorfer Forest near the B105 road and can be reached on foot through wooded paths. Plan to spend time walking through the forest landscape to reach the dolmen from the nearest parking areas.

The eastern capstone, at the entrance side, bears numerous cup marks up to 6 cm across and 3 cm deep, some on the inner face; the second capstone has only a few. Excavation in 1966 also yielded a transverse arrowhead and sherds of Single Grave Culture vessels.