Passage grave of Skamby

The passage grave of Skamby ( Danish Skamby jættestue ) is located in the remains of a round hill in the north of Skamby on the Danish island of Funen . The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems of the funnel cup culture (TBK), 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 north-east-south-west oriented, small chamber for a passage grave measures 3.3 m × 1.9 m and consists of nine bearing stones. Three on the north side; two on the other sides. The roughly pear-shaped chamber is covered by two cap stones. There are 15–20 bowls on the western capstone . The remainder of the corridor, between 0.5 and 0.7 m wide, consists of five bearing stones, three in the west and two in the east, without cap stones.

The dry masonry in the gaps in the complex is well preserved.

To the south-east of the village lies the “Thorshøj von Skamby”, 5 to 6 m high and around 30 m in diameter, one of the largest burial mounds on Funen. About 2.5 km to the southeast is the ship settlement with the rune stone of Glavendrup .

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid. 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , pp. 35-36.

Web links

• Description and pictures
• Entry on Fund og Fortidsminder , Kulturarvsstyrelsen

Coordinates: 55 ° 31 '24.7 "  N , 10 ° 16'45.4"  E