Djævelhøj

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Floor plan and cross section of a double-aisle grave without a common dividing stone; here Snibhøj - AP Madsen

The Djævelhøj ( Danish also Dievlehøj - German  "Devil's Hill " or Esbønderup Jættestue called) is a hill southwest of Tikøb in the Helsingør municipality in the north of the Danish island of Zealand , in which a between 3500 and 2800 BC . Chr built double passage grave ( Danish : Dobbelt- or Tvillingejættestue ) of the Beaker culture (TBK) is located.

The passage grave 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.

Scheme double-aisle grave - right

description

The megalithic complex built by Neolithic farmers was rediscovered by a local farmer in 1735. In 1743 the pastor Rasmus Garbo gave a description of the find in his report on the state of the parish. The comparatively small double- aisle grave with the long, covered access points in the east is located off-center in an oval hill about 19 × 14 m in diameter in the field.

In his report, Rasmus Garbo mentions another three dolmens (“pagan altars”) nearby. One is probably the megalithic complex located in 1981 immediately east of Hornbækvej, next to Tikøb Church. The archaeologist Vilhelm Boye (1837-1896) carried out excavations on the site in 1884. In Lille Esbønderup, 500 m away, there was an excavated hill with the same name.

See also

literature

  • Svend Hansen: Jættestuer i Danmark. Construction and restoration. Miljøministeriet - Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, Hørsholm 1993, ISBN 87-601-3386-4 .

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: 56 ° 0 ′ 53.5 ″  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 32.2 ″  E