Passage grave at Tonneshøj
The passage grave of Tonneshøj is located near the sea by Raade Strand in Øsby near Haderslev in Jutland in Denmark . The passage grave ( Danish Jættestue ) in Tonneshøj is one of the better preserved among the 500 transition graves in Denmark. It dates from the Neolithic around 3000 BC. And is 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.
description
It is a 1.5 m high round hill with a diameter of 12.5 m. In the mound there is a damaged passage grave that has been excavated. The approximately 4.5 m long chamber and the approximately 4.4 m long corridor have no cap stones. Five bearing stones of the chamber and four stone pairs of the corridor as well as many curb stones of the hill border are preserved. The intermediate masonry was restored in 1992.
Nearby are the heavily disturbed Runddysse of Årø , the passage grave of Øsby Anhøj and the two Dysses of Øsby Flovt.
See also
literature
- Svend Hansen: Jættestuen Tonneshøj. In: Nordslesvigske Museer 13, 1986.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 14 ′ 18.4 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 47.3" E