Tyfta passage grave
The small, about 0.3 m deep passage grave of Tyfta ( Swedish Gånggrift vid Tyfta ) is in the parish of Svenneby in the Bottna valley in Bohuslän in Sweden not far from the dolmen of Vrångstad . 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. The megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.
The chamber walls consist of nine narrow, high bearing stones (one is missing), between which a carefully laid relatively wide intermediate masonry is inserted. The oval chamber of the passage grave measures approximately 2.4 × 1.8 m and is 1.5 m high. The approximately 0.6 m thick capstone measures approximately 2.7 × 2.7 m. The corridor, which begins in the southeast, is about 4.5 m long, 0.9 m wide and just as high and consists of 12 largely preserved bearing stones. Between the corridor and the chamber there are two rolling stones that form a threshold . At the outer end of the aisle there is a second, lower threshold made of two stones. The corridor is covered by three capstones. The round hill of about 15 × 12.8 m is about 1.2 m high.
A similar megalithic complex is the passage grave of Skår on the island of Tjörn .
See also
literature
- Lili Kaelas: Dolmen and passage graves in Sweden. Reports and Communications on prehistory, early history, etc. Medieval archeology. Writings of the Provincial Institute for Folk and State Research at the University of Kiel, Offa. 15, pp. 5-24, 1956
Web links
- Passage grave of Tyfta - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 30 ′ 35.7 " N , 11 ° 21 ′ 47.7" E