Kokholm Dyssen
The Kokholm Dyssen (also called Søster-Svenstrup Langdysse 1) is a Langdysse with two chambers in an approximately 17.0 × 13.0 m large, tree-covered, plowed and edgeless hill. It is located on Kokholmvej, southwest of Dåstrup, west of Viby on the island of Zealand in Denmark . The dolmen dates from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
The western chamber measures 1.45 x 1.25 m. It consists of four side stones, two gang stones and a large cap stone.
The eastern chamber measures 1.8 × 1.3 m. It consists of four side stones, of which the southern one is only half the width of the chamber, two corridor stones and a large capstone broken into two pieces.
Nearby are the Birkede Langdyssen 1 + 2, the Søster-Svenstrup Langdysse 2 and the Søster-Svenstrup Videdysse .
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken , Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Langdysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed, in contrast to round dolmen or round dysers are those that lie in a round hill.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′ 20.5 ″ N , 11 ° 59 ′ 3.2 ″ E