Budsene

Budsene is an archaeological site in Magleby in Herred Mønbo in Præstø Amt on the Danish island of Zealand .

In 1903 a hollowed alder trunk was found in the damp ground near a stream , which was buried through a layer of clay into a water-bearing layer. Above the depression there were about 100 stones around the trunk. The trunk was filled with animal bones: a dog, a horse, three or four sheep, a pig, three calves and two cattle.

In a was suspended cymbal , where a belt hump and Spiralarmringe from bronze were. It is a clear sign that a victim has been found. It is dated to period V of the Nordic Bronze Age.

literature

• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 213.
• H. Thrane: "Budsene". In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Vol. 4. Berlin 1981, p. 91.

Web links

• About the Budsene sacrificial find (Danish)

Coordinates: 54 ° 56 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 12 ° 31 ′ 24.6 ″  E