Dolmen of Dreslette

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The extended dolmen of Dreslette corresponds to the angled rectangular dolmen (top left), but the access is not in the middle, but coaxial as in the example above center

The Dreslette dolmens are located in the southwest of the Danish island of Funen . The megalithic complex from the Neolithic was built by the people of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) between 3500 and 2800 BC. Built in BC.

Snave chamber

Snave chamber

The Snave Dyssekammer ( location ) is the north-south oriented excavated chamber of an ancient dolmen with four preserved supporting stones (one missing), a threshold stone on the access side in the south and a capstone. The floor plan is trapezoidal. The former hill has been preserved in remains. The Dolmen called Runddysse von Snave is located near Stubberup on the Hindsholm peninsula .

Dreslette Langdysse

Dreslette Langdysse

The former Langdysse ( Lage ) must have contained three dolmens, of which only the middle one has been preserved.

The excavated chamber of the enlarged dolmen , oriented roughly west-east, has six bearing stones and two cap stones. The corridor and the threshold stone are missing. The burial mound is barely preserved, its curbs are missing.

The Langdysse Vielandshøj and the Langdysse von Nældemose are nearby .

See also

literature

  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. Langdysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a barren bed. Dolmens in a round hill are called round dolmens

Web links

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