Frederikskilde Langdysse
The Frederikskilde Langdysse at the north-western end of Tystrup Sø (lake) is located in Frederikskilde Skov (forest) about 7 km south of Sorø on the Danish island of Zealand .
The dolmen was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) and is relatively well preserved. The approximately 27 × 10 meter long megalithic bed was already damaged by the hill being excavated before the National Museum was first described in 1882. Today there is an open dolmen on the uneven surface at the northern end. Originally there were three chambers in the hill. Nothing is known about the departed chambers. In the middle of the hill lie two stones from an untouched or destroyed chamber. There are chambers in many places that have been created in parallel in the common barren bed or have been added over time. The curbs were also added to the expansion of the megalithic bed for new chambers. Today 34 stones are still preserved, but most of them are no longer in situ . At first, on the curbs, especially in the area of the entrances to the chambers, the people of the funnel cup culture placed food and drinks for the deceased as offerings in ornate vessels.
Three large bearing stones and a capstone have been preserved from the northern chamber. The chamber has an entrance in the northeast. There is a threshold stone at the transition between the chamber and the corridor.
See also
literature
- Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Langdysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to round dolmens or round dysers are those dolmens that lie in a round hill
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Coordinates: 55 ° 22 ′ 29.6 " N , 11 ° 32 ′ 38.7" E
