Velká Dobrá, Kladno dist., Central Bohemian Region

Prehistoric barrow cemetery

(1600–1000 BC)

Barrow Nr. 23 with a memorial of the archaeological excavations.

Barrow Nr. 23 with a memorial of the archaeological excavations.

Photo Z. Kačerová 2013.

One of few well-preserved prehistoric barrow cemeteries known from central Bohemia. The barrow cemetery was excavated at the end of the 19th century as a joint project of the National Museum in Prague and the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, a cooperation commemorated by a memorial on one of the mounds. The barrows belong to the Middle and Late Bronze Age; finds of bronze weapons and jewellery, pottery and amber objects were found here.

References: Píč 1892; Beneš A. 1959; Michálek 1999b.

Navigation points: N 50°06'58.30", E 14°04'17.10" (vstup od jihovýchodu); N 50°07'04.29", E 14°04'06.90" (mound No. 23 with a memorial).

Map notes: A–F – barrows excavated by J. Szombathy, MNH Vienna, which did not appear on the plan published by J. L. Píč in 1892; K – barrows of the Late Bronze Age Knovíz Culture; M – barrows of the Middle Bronze Age Tumulus Culture; M/K – barrows belonging either to Middle or Late Bronze Age; N – unexcavated barrows; ? – barrows of an uncertain date; 1–58 – barrows. Map symbols are available in the Downloads section.