Breddysse
Coordinates: 55 ° 25 ′ 58.5 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 49.1 ″ E
The Breddysse (also Brededysse; German "broad dolmen" ) is a round dolmen and is located directly at the Ølandsgård farm, north of the Støvlebækvej road, about 0.9 km southwest of Kirke-Stillinge towards Store Kongsmark on the west side of Zealand in Denmark . The megalithic complex from the Neolithic was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. Built by the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
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.
Find situation
The round dolmen consists of two well-preserved parallel chambers. However, the curbs that bordered the round mound in which the extended dolmens are located, as well as the mound itself, have not been preserved. The two dolmens each have five bearing stones, a locking stone and a cap stone. Along with Poskær Stenhus and the Runddysse von Vielsted , the Breddysse is one of the best preserved facilities of its kind in Denmark. Whereby two or more chambers within one enclosure are relatively common in long beds, but very rare in round jets.
The stone chambers of the Breddysse Runddolmen (from the south)
Schematic sketch of the Runddysse floor plan - here with only one chamber
Ship petroglyph and many different sized bowls
The Bronze Age petroglyphs on the capstone of the southern (larger) chamber are a special feature of the complex, which has otherwise remained without a find . Often there are bowls about one centimeter deep and three to five centimeters in diameter. In addition, as an absolute exception, there are two stylized depictions of ships on a large stone grave, today only one is clearly visible.
About 2.5 km away is the Grimskærdysse , another well-preserved round dysse.
See also
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 250
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 198
Individual evidence
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Runddysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill (Danish: Rundhøj ). In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed are called long dolmen (Danish: long dysse ).