Grave box in Gadehøj
The grave box in Gadehøj ( Danish Gravkiste ) at Unnerup in the northeast of the island of Zealand in Denmark comes from the older Bronze Age (in Denmark also dagger time called) and was excavated 1918th Two flint daggers were found . The burial box is located in a hill about 12.5 m in diameter and 2.0 m high near Vejby, near Hillerød on the Danish island of Zealand .
The u. a. Systems built by the cord ceramists were built from slabs or split blocks, as they were previously used for dolmens . The main distribution area of the burial boxes is the north of Jutland . The basic plan of the burial box is square or pear-shaped. A short corridor begins in the extension of the chamber, usually with a threshold stone . They occur in the distribution area of the funnel cup culture (TBK).
About 500 m to the east is the Slagsagergård dolmen and 2.4 km to the west is the stone boxes of Hanebjerg .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 26.7 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 57.6 ″ E