Frellesvig megalithic beds

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Frellesvig Langdysse
Frellesvig Langdysse

The barren beds of Frellesvig lie in a field north of the Danish village Frellesvig, in the northern part of the island of Langeland . The two giant beds lie parallel in an east-west direction and each contain two dolmens that lie across the hill (so-called transverse beds). There are plants of the funnel beaker culture (TBK), which between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC originated. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.

Transverse to the right - longitudinal to the left

The north hill

The northern barren bed is about 65 m long, 10 m wide, very disturbed and overgrown. Only a few of the curbs of the megalithic bed, there were originally around 60 on each long side, have survived. It is known that the two chambers were covered with large capstones. From the excavation carried out around 1830 there is a description of the then better preserved complex. Only the eastern of the two chambers has roughly its original shape. Two skeletons were found in each chamber, one with an arm protection plate made of bone . It is perforated twice and decorated with a zigzag pattern that runs in seven groups as a three-fold line strip across the plate.

The south hill

The southern hill is about 12 m wide and now 30 m long. Its original length is unknown. The capstones of its two chambers are also no longer there.

The western, better preserved chamber has a pear-shaped floor plan and measures around 3.5 × 2.5 m. Dry masonry is still preserved between the eight high bearing stones . A pair of supporting stones and a threshold stone can be seen in the entrance to the chamber . Only one pair of bearing stones is left of the once about 2.0 m long corridor. It consists of the halves of a large, split stone. The facing gap surfaces can be seen on both aisle sides.

The eastern chamber is badly damaged. It was slightly larger and also had the pear-shaped floor plan of an enlarged dolmen. In the entrance there is another frame stone.

Both long beds were excavated around 1830. In the south, the western chamber was found covered by two large capstones, only the upper part of which protruded from the mound. In this chamber were skeletal parts and three bits of flint . The eastern chamber contained a flat, round amber bead and clay vessels from the time of the funnel beaker culture .

In 1966-68, the Langeland Museum carried out an expanded excavation of the southern dolmen. Finds have been made on the long sides of the entrance. Clay vessels emerged that had apparently once been placed on the curbs as an offering.

See also

literature

  • Jens Bech: Monuments on Langeland (= Tryk from Langelands Museum. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2370563-2 ). 2nd edition. Langelands Centraltrykkeri, Rudkøbing 1981.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (Danish: Langdysser) is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to that, round dolmen or round dysser are those dolmens that are located in a round hill
  2. ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.
  3. ↑ Pear-shaped chambers are more typical of Sweden. But they are also found in plants in Frejlev Skov the passage grave of Bjerrebygård and in Knudsby Stordysse

Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 57.2 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 58 ″  E