Passage grave of Farum
The passage grave of Farum [ ˈfɑːʀom ] (also called Grettes Høj or Gretteshøj) is located southwest of Farum , not far from Farum Sø (lake) in the municipality of Furesø , in the Hovedstaden region on the Danish island of Zealand . The passage grave dates from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
The passage grave ( Danish Jættestue - German giant room ), which is hidden up to the lower edge of the capstones in the hill, consists of ten bearing stones and three capstones. The corridor consists of two pairs of bearing stones and two cap stones. The roughly 1.75 m high, somewhat contourless hill measures around 3.1 m × 12.5 m. On the south side, a sunk east-west-oriented footpath leads over the hill.
To the south are the dolmens in Ryget Skov .
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Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 12.7 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 24.5 ″ E