Stuehøj passage grave

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Stuehøj passage grave

The passage grave Stuehøj ( German  "Stubenhügel" - also called Harpagers Høj) is located on the Danish island of Zealand in the north of the Egedal municipality on a lawn at Ahornvej. This 2006 re-excavated by the Danish National Museum and restored passage grave of the Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK) from the Neolithic period , which about 3,500 v. BC, is located in a 20.0 m large and three meter high round hill. The medium-sized chamber consists of 13 support stones and three cap stones, the corridor of six support stones and two cap stones. The passage grave is a Neolithic designMegalithic complexes , which consist 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.

Stuehøj is a megalithic complex that was in use for more than 1000 years and was cleared out in a private excavation in 1834. According to the description from 1875, two cap stones were visible. The original entrance was filled with earth and the chamber was accessed through a hole in the ceiling. One end of the chamber was filled with earth, the other was almost empty. The southern end was well preserved. A few things were found that had been overlooked during the excavations in 1834, including an ax and two flint daggers from the second half of the Neolithic and a small bronze razor that was made from an urn that was built in the hill in the late Bronze Age came, can come. Some of the finds are in the National Museum.

Kong Svends Høj is nearby

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See also

literature

  • Rolf Kjaer-Hansen: Stuehøj. National Museum and Skenkelsø Mølle Museum, Copenhagen et al. 2006 (brochure).
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .
  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '47.5 "  N , 12 ° 8' 56.7"  E