Ejby (Bramsnæs)
Ejby is located in Bramsnæs, the lower part of the Hornsherred peninsula , the land between the fjords on the Danish island of Zealand . The town of Holbæk is to the west, about 12 km away. The region at the end of the Isefjord belongs to the Roskilde Amt and is characterized by agriculture and fishing villages.
On the north side of the Ejby Ådal river valley, a nature reserve, is Troldbykællingen (also called the witch), a building stone from the Viking Age . A witch surprised by the morning sun is said to have turned into the stone.
In Bramsnæs a variety of finds dolmens of the Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK), five of which are in and around Ejby. There are three dolmens ( Danish Dyssen ) and four passage graves ( Danish Jættestuen ) from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. They are megalithic sites of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). A passage grave (no. 312538) is on Åvej near Ejby Å with a stone box (Hellekiste) in the common hill. The hill is 20 m in diameter and 2.5 m high. The passage grave has 17 bearing stones and two preserved cap stones. The corridor consists of three pairs of bearing stones, but only has one cap stone and the threshold stone . The 2.25 × 0.9 m large end-Neolithic stone box with three cap stones lies on the edge of the hill.
The second plant is also located near Ejby Å in a smaller hill. Its chamber measures 6.0 × 2.0 m. 14 bearing stones, a capstone and six pairs of bearing stones of the corridor are preserved. The third passage grave is badly damaged. Only one of the two dolmens is better preserved. Under the stones there is a shell stone .
The region's past is exhibited in the Bramsnæs Museum in Kirke Hyllinge (approx. 3 km), where there is also a long bed.
See also
Web links
- Image of the passage grave "Fiskerhuse" by Ejby
- Excavation report and site plan (PDF; 467 kB)
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- Runddysse 1 Ejby Danish.
- Runddysse 2 Ejby dan.
- Passage grave 1 Ejby Danish.
- Passage grave 1 Ejby Danish.
Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ' N , 11 ° 51' E