Holløse dolmen

Scheme of a Runddysse

The four Runddysser ( Dolmen ) and the Langdysse of Holløse are located south of Gunderslev, near Næstved on the Danish island of Zealand . They have different degrees of preservation.

Runddysse 1

From this dolmen with a trapezoidal floor plan, two bearing stones, three gangway stones and the massive capstone of the chamber have been preserved.

Runddysse 2

Four supporting stones, the entry stone and the capstone of the chamber have been preserved from this trapezoidal dolmen.

Runddysse 3

Only the location of this dolmen could be determined.

Runddysse 4

This round dyssey has an almost complete outer stone circle that encloses two chambers of different sizes, each of which has a capstone in addition to the supporting stones.

Langdysse

The hill border is largely preserved, but curbs are tilted on all four sides. In the eastern area there is a longitudinally closed ancient dolmen without a capstone, consisting of four bearing stones.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Runddysser is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, Langdysser are those dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed

Web links

• Holløse Runddysse 1 (engl.)
• Holløse Runddysse 2 (engl.)
• Holløse Runddysse 3 (engl.)
• Holløse Runddysse 4 (engl.)
• No. 4 with picture

Coordinates: 55 ° 18 ′ 15 ″  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 11 ″  E