Passage grave of Østrup

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Floor plan and cross section of a double-aisle grave without a common dividing stone; here Snibhøj - AP Madsen

The passage grave of Østrup (also called Bouns- or Baundysse) is located near Undløse on the Danish island of Zealand . It dates from the Neolithic Age around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave ( Danish: Jættestue ) is an assembled double system ( Danish : Dobbelt or Tvillingejættestue ). Passage tombs are a form of Neolithic megalithic systems that consist of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. The form can be found primarily in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.

Some Danish and a few Swedish passage graves were built as double systems by assembling the two chambers on the narrow sides. This type of passage grave usually has no parallel entrances. Double-passage graves can be found in 57 examples on Zealand. Their share in the total number of determinable plants is around 10%. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.

Scheme double system on the right

description

Østrup's passage grave has two chambers, each with an entrance , which share a side wall. The two Østrup chambers have a total length of over 16.0 and a width and ceiling height of around two meters. Thus the passage grave is one of the highest in the country. The builders increased the interior space (also in other megalithic systems on Zealand) by inserting an additional layer of stone between the 30 bearing stones and the cap stones. The oval mound of earth that once covered the facility is around 18.0 m long and 11.0 m wide. The passage grave of Østrup was excavated by a local archaeologist in 1888 and 1889. At that time most of the capstones had already been removed and used for road construction.

In 2007 the facility was restored. Behind the chamber, on the floor, was a straight row of rolling stones more than three meters long, which was covered by the mound. The alignment of the row of stones has no relation to the chamber axes or to a cardinal point.

See also

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Those remnants of megalithic systems whose type of construction can still be identified can be identified. In Denmark this affects around 500 passage graves.
  2. ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 24.7 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 11 ″  E