Djævlesten
The Djævlesten ( German "Devil's Stone" ) near Hov on the island of Langeland is one of those rare bowl stones that have other indentations in addition to bowls ( Danish skåltegn ). The unusual artifact with rock carvings from the late Danish Bronze Age (1000–500 BC) was discovered in 1997 on Langeland by an attentive stone collector.
The approximately two meters long, one meter high and horizontally split into two approximately 0.7 m thick granite blocks lay on the north beach of Hov together with the remains of a destroyed building. Due to the weight of 3.5 tons, it must be assumed that it was originally there.
The broad side and part of the top are decorated almost everywhere with over 100 bowls. The largest is 9 cm in diameter. The smallest measure 3–4 cm in diameter and a few millimeters deep. There are carved connecting lines between some of the bowls. Just above the break line, two closely set feet of almost natural size are indented with the toes pointing upwards. Such impressions are known from about a dozen places in Denmark and in several of the British Isles . Their interpretation as religious symbols from the Bronze Age is uncertain.
The Djævelsten von Reerslev, which has roughly the same name, is a boulder on Risbjergvej in Ruds-Vedby .
location
The original location on the north beach of Hov has not yet been precisely proven. The stone, or rather the two fragments, are now in the Hollænderhuset Museum east of Lohals .
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 ( Politikens håndbøger ).
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Coordinates: 55 ° 8 ′ 13.6 " N , 10 ° 55 ′ 34.4" E