Dansehøj
A Dansehøj (also Danshøj; German "dance hill" ) is a 1.5 to 3.0 m high, circular earth mound, which occurs in Denmark mainly in Jutland , but also in Scania (see Langdolmen from Västra Hoby ). Peter Vilhelm Glob assumes that cult scenes were re-enacted on the hill, as they are known from rock carvings of this time. The similar looking burial mounds with flat top , however, date from the Iron Age .
Dansehøj dates from the older Bronze Age and has relatively steep side walls. Its diameter varies between 35 and 67 m on the largest of the hills (Nustrup in South Jutland). The roughly a dozen or so known hills usually contain earth burials.
The most famous Dansehøj is the approximately 1.5 m high Bredhøj ( German "broad hill" ) northwest of Roslev near Nautrup (or Navtrup) in Salling with 40.0 m diameter. Another well-preserved specimen is in Sulsted , 15 km north of Ålborg . There are a number of hills along the Ox Trail, including Kong Rans Høj at Randbøl . On Zealand , west of Ferslev (Frederikssund Kommune) on Mejerivej, there is another Dansehøj.
literature
- Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark . (Original title: Danske Oldtidsminder . Translated by Karl Kersten ). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 108
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 177