Dolmen at Ristinge Nor
The dolmens at Ristinge Nor are on the Danish island of Langeland . They originated in the Neolithic between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as megalithic systems of 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.
The Langdolmen 1 from Hesselbjerg
On the road to Humble Rene (dead end) northwest of Hesselbjerg there is an orchard on the north side, immediately behind it, 100 m north of the road in the field, is the "Renehuse Langdysse" or "Ristinge Nor Langdysse" or "Rene Dolmen " called Langdysse (also called Ristinge Nor Langdysse, or SB 090303-6) (location: 54 ° 49 ′ 38.7 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 49.2 ″ E ).
The giant bed
The west-east oriented megalithic bed with four chambers is about 25.0 m long and 8.0 m wide. It is bordered by 23 rather large kerbstones, which are only preserved on the north and south sides, as remains of the edging. The only partially preserved four chambers are located in the hill as transverse lying, clearly oriented to the south side. It is unclear for all entrances whether they have reached the enclosure. No excavations were carried out.
The western chamber
At the western end of the hill is the polygonal chamber of a passage grave made of eight relatively small bearing stones. The capstone is no longer there. Only one bearing stone has been preserved from the strongly off-center corridor.
The two middle chambers
Two more disturbed rectangular dolms . The better preserved one has five bearing stones (one missing) and a large capstone. Of the other, identical chamber, only two bearing stones have been preserved in situ and two tilted.
The east chamber
At the eastern end of the hill there is a rectangular chamber made of nine partially small supporting stones. One of the two cap stones is in its original place, the other in the chamber. No stones have been preserved from the central passage of the passage grave .
The Langdolmen 2 from Hesselbjerg
Langdolmen Hesselbjerg 2 (also called SB 090303-29) is located at Nørreballe Nor south of Hesselbjerg, in a 45.0 m long and 8.0 m wide barren bed, almost all of which are in situ. It has a transverse chamber, consisting of three supporting stones, without a capstone, which measures about 2.1 × 1.0 m inside.
The dolmen at Ristinge
At the highest point of the Ristinge peninsula, not far from the steep bank, about 30.0 m above sea level, there is a free-standing dolmen chamber to the west of the village. The almost west-east oriented chamber made of unusually large bearing stones measures around 3.0 × 1.0 m. On top of them lies a huge domed capstone. As far as is known, no finds were made in the chamber, which was originally surrounded by a hill. (Location: 54 ° 49 ′ 42 ″ N , 10 ° 36 ′ 58.7 ″ E )
See also
literature
- Jens Bech: Monuments on Langeland (= Tryk from Langelands Museum. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2370563-2 ). 2nd edition. Langelands Centraltrykkeri, Rudkøbing 1981.
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 231
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.
- ↑ Langdysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular barren bed, in contrast to that, Runddysser are those dolmens that lie in a round hill