Hamlet's grave (Zealand)
Two Danish burial mounds operate under the name Hamlets Grav (in Danish Hamlets Grav also Grevinge Skov Afd. 224 ) , including a megalithic complex of the funnel beaker culture (TBK), which was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC originated.
The Zeeland Langdysse is located near the Birketvej near Ostrup, 55.818235 N 11.627998 E, in a clearing in the south-eastern part of the Grevinge Skov (forest) on the island of Zealand . The rectangular border of the dolmen is about 39 meters long and 9 meters wide and has 53 curb stones. Four bearing stones have been preserved from the barrow.
According to local legend, Hamlet ( Danish Amled ) who is said to be buried in the dolmen was a giant that was 30.0 meters long with his head on the east end and feet on the west.
The legend of Hamlet is one of the most famous Nordic heroic tales that Saxo Grammaticus wrote . Shakespeare's Hamlet is based on the Danish legend.
To the north of Hamlet's grave is a Køkkenmødding from the Stone Age.
There are several megalithic systems in Grevinge Skov or in its vicinity . In Herrestrup, at the junction of Holtevej and Odstrupvej, there is the Runddysse Frenderupgård with a hexagonal chamber. The Langdysse of Plejerup lies a little further .
See also
literature
- Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
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Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′ 5.6 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 40.7 ″ E