Passage grave of Maulskovhusene
The passage grave of Maulskovhusene (also called Magleskov Huse Jættestue ) is on the Engene (road), west of Hummingen in Dannemare on the Danish island of Lolland . The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems of the funnel cup culture (TBK), which dates from 3500 to 2800 BC. BC and 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.
Of about 3.5 m high, laterally abgepflügte round hills of the passage grave has about 7.0 m in diameter. The approximately south-west-north-east oriented, about 4.0 m long and 1.75 to 2.0 m wide chamber is damaged and has no traces of a passage. The chamber has four preserved bearing stones on both long sides and three cap stones lying in situ . It appears to be trapezoidal, but the stones in the east have slipped off, only the two westernmost stones are in their original position.
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 212.
- Svend Hansen: Jættestuer i Danmark. Construction and restoration. Miljøministeriet - Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, Copenhagen 1993, ISBN 87-601-3386-4 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 14.5 " N , 11 ° 11 ′ 52.7" E