Gulddysse

The Gulddysse ( German  Golddolmen - also called Værebro Gulddysse) is located on Gulddyssevej, north of Gundsømagle near Roskilde , on the Danish island of Zealand . It is a megalithic complex of the funnel beaker culture (TBK), which dates back to between 3500 and 2800 BC. Was built.

description

The Gulddysse is a so-called Langdysse in a giant bed measuring about 36.0 × 10.0 m with a chamber remnant consisting of three supporting stones and the capstone. There are 25 curbs of the megalithic bed and the recess of a distant chamber.

Around Gundsømagle are also the Thoradysse , Hødysse and Hovdysse dolmens .

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 291
• 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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Langdysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to round dolmens or round dysers are those dolmens that lie in a round hill

Web links

• Description Engl. and pictures
• Entry at Fund og Fortidsminder of the Danish Ministry of Culture
• location

Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 8.1 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 12.5 ″  E