Hindmos

Petersminde

Scheme of a polygonal dolmen - from above - Hindmosen is not ocular, but pentagonal

The Lang dolmen in Hindmosen , also known as Petersminde Langdysse , is located west of Stenvad on the Djursland peninsula . The large stone grave dates from the Neolithic Age , around 3500–2800 BC. BC, and is a megalithic plant of the funnel beaker culture .

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.

description

Langdysse in Hindmosen

Map of the Djursland peninsula - Hindmose is located west of Stenvad on the edge of the former Kolindsund .

The area is rich in dolmens and in many ways forms the northern counterpart to the concentration around Nødager south of Kolindsund . The area was an island in the Neolithic. The amateur archaeologist and senior teacher Nissen from Ramten restored the Langdysse in Hindmosen in 1894, which had been placed under protection in 1887. Like many stone graves on Djursland, the complex was located near the water. Today it is surrounded by coniferous forest, but in the 19th century there were numerous fields and peat extraction. When it was built, the dolmen was on a flat hill, surrounded by marshy marshland and open water. The moor grew slowly and formed today's high moor, which mostly allows access in summer.

The south-west-north-east oriented megalithic bed of the approximately centrally located polygonal dole is 25 m long and 7.0 m wide. 33 of the curbs on the hill have been preserved or added to. The well-preserved pentagonal chamber of 2.5 × 2.5 m has an entrance in the southeast, from which a pair of bearing stones has been preserved. From here a 29 m long ramp leads over the moor onto the dry land.

literature

Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark Wachholtz, Neumünster 1967.
Poul Henning Jensen: Nature and culture guide for Århus County. Aarhus County, Aarhus 1997, ISBN 87-90099-21-4 .
Karsten Kristiansen: På tur i Djurslands Fortid. Århus Amt - Landskabkontoret, Århus 1991 (Revideret, 3rd oplag. Ibid. 2002, ISBN 87-7906-246-6 ).
Carsten Paludan-Müller: Stenaldergrave omkring Randers - otte Landskaber med Tidsdybde In: Årbog 1996 Kulturhistorisk Museum Randers p. 44 ff ISBN 87-88732-09-6
Jakob Vedsted: Fortidsminder og Kulturlandskab. En kildekritisk analysis af tragtbaegerkulturens found material from Norddjursland. Forlaget Skippershoved, Ebeltoft 1986, ISBN 87-981329-5-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Langdysser is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to round dolmen ( runddysser ) are those dolmens that lie in a round hill
^ 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.