Janum Kjøt
The Janum Kjøt (also Egebjerg) in the Jammerbugt municipality between Bonderuo and Tranum in Han Herred on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy is one of the largest erratic boulders in Jutland in Denmark . It was brought here from Norway during the last Ice Age .
The stone consists of gneiss and granite . It is almost 7.0 meters long, 4.0 meters wide and has a maximum height of 3.5 meters. The weight is estimated at 200 to 250 tons.
If you look closely, you can see imprints of lichen (Stereocaulon evolutum) on Janum Kjøt , as they occur on rocks in Norway and Sweden, but only in a few places in Denmark.
literature
- 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 .
Web links
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Coordinates: 57 ° 6 ′ 17.8 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 9.2 ″ E