Grønhøj from Rugballe

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Grønhøj from Rugballe
Entrance area
Wall stones and intermediate masonry inside the chamber

The passage grave Grønhøj of Rugballe (named after the lying near mansion also Rugballegaard) a well is restored passage grave west of Horsens and southwest of Bygholm lake ( Danish Bygholm Sø ) in Jutland in Denmark . The large stone grave dates from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave ( Danish: Jættestue ) is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.

description

The round burial mound of Grønhøj, excavated in 1940, is around 20 m in diameter and 2.75 m high. The mound of earth is bordered by 60 curb stones about 1.0 m high. The approximately four meter long entrance to the chamber is in the southeast. It is about 1.0 m high and 0.7 m wide, and consists of four bearing stones on the southwest and three on the northeast side. The corridor is covered by three capstones. The chamber consists of eight bearing stones and two cap stones. It measures approximately 3.5 × 2.75 m and is between 1.5 and 1.7 m high. The spaces between the orthostats of the chamber and the corridor and the gaps between the curbs of the hill are filled with intermediate masonry.

See also

literature

  • Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1967 p. 72
  • Knud Thorvildsen: Grønhøj ved Horsens In: Aarbøger for nordisk oldkyndighed og historie 1946 pp. 73–94
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 p. 98

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, p. 15.

Web links

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Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 16.3 "  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 13.8"  E