Passage grave Gildeshøjene
The passage grave Gildeshøjene ( Danish Jættestue Sejrsgaard Gildeshøjene , also called Gildeshøj or Seiersgaard ) is west of Sejersgård, near Poulsker on the Danish island of Bornholm in one of two neighboring large hills. The passage grave ( Jættestue in Danish ) is of the same type as that of Tornegård , with the difference that the capstones were not visible here, but were covered by a layer of earth about 0.3 m thick. The complex was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.
The mound is about 40.0 m in diameter and 3.6 m high. In the center are the remains of the passage grave excavated by the then owner in the 1830s, only about 2.6 m long, 1.5 m wide and an unoccupied height between 0.6 and 0.9 m. It consisted of two end stones and two bearing stones on each long side. The plant is oriented south-north and the access was in the east. The excavator gave the following information about the content:
On the north gable stone lay the skeleton of a grown man with his head facing east. In the southern part of the passage grave lay a large number of bones, many of them from children. A large number of amber beads and flint tools , especially knives and neatly crafted daggers, were also found. There was a large number of tees in front of the entrance to and around the hill . On the east side of the hill in particular, there was a pile of ash around a flat stone. Bronze was found on the west side .
See also
literature
- Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
Web links
- Description (Danish)
- Overview Bornholm
Coordinates: 55 ° 0 '44.6 " N , 15 ° 2' 54.3" E