Baronens Høj

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Development scheme of the ancient dolmen. Baronens Høj corresponds to the picture above right or left below.
Baronens Høj
Baronens Høj

Baronens Høj ( German  "Baronenhügel" ) is a round dolmen near the sea ( Danish runddysse ) on the edge of the Nørreskov (forest) on the island of Alsen in Denmark . It was transformed into a lookout point around 1840 by Frederik Julius Baron Wedell-Wedellsborg (1814–1901). The megalithic complex was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. Erected by the carriers of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). Neolithic monuments are considered an expression of the culture and ideology of the society of that time. Their origin and function are seen as characteristics of social development.

description

The dolmen, about 16 m in diameter, was excavated and restored in 1910 by Julius Raklev (1878–1950) and Jens Raben (1880–1960). The hill still has 28 of its 31 or 32 curbs. In the middle there is a north-west-south-east oriented, sunken chamber of 1.25 × 0.90 m with four bearing stones and a capstone. It is a primeval dolmen without a corridor. Access was either from above via the missing second capstone or through the upper half of a narrow side, where the end stone forms a lower threshold.

The Stenkobbel block boxes in Nørreskov and Varnæs Tykskov lie in the bed of a giant .

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literature

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, here p. 15.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 1 '34.02 "  N , 9 ° 52' 40.17"  O