Kong Svends Høj (Egedal)
Kong Svends Høj ( German King Svens Hill ) is a tumulus in the Egedal municipality in the Hovedstaden region on the Danish island of Zealand .
The well-preserved Kong Svends Høj is about 36.0 m in diameter and 6.0 m high. It is at the highest point in the community. The hill has not been excavated. However, the shape and size suggest that the tomb dates from the Early Bronze Age (1800–1000 BC).
From 2002 to 2003 archaeological investigations were carried out around the Kong Svends Høj. The reason was the planned sale of the site by the municipality. The excavations have produced some new information. The most important are 64 house tracks, as well as trenches and pits from the Bronze and Iron Ages . In addition, a small burial ground from the Stone Age and some urn graves from the Early Iron Age were found. There are also iron tools, flint objects, molds, melting pots, jewelry made of glass and metal, pottery shards as well as human and animal bones.
It is unclear who is buried in the hill. But the two-aisled nave , 50.0 meters east of Kong Svends Høj, is the oldest in the region and may date from the same time as the burial mound. This makes it likely that the hill was built as part of a chief burial.
Nearby is the large stone grave Stuehøj
Mythical royal names are also linked to prehistoric monuments in other places in Denmark:
- Kong Asger Høj (on Møn ),
- Kong Dyver Sten, Kong Grøns Høj , Kong Svends Høj (all on Lolland ),
- Kong Humbles Grav , Kong Holms Høj , Kong Renes Høj (all on Langeland )
- Kong Lavses Grav (on Lyø )
- Kong Knaps Dige , Kong Lavses Grav , Kong Rans Høj (all in Jutland )
- Kong Haralds Dysse , Kong Skjolds Høj, Kong Øres Grav , Kong Slags Dysse and Kong Suders Høj (all on Zealand).
See also
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , pp. 284-285
- Tom Giersing: Grave fra stendalderen og rige bebyggelser fra bronze- og jernalderen , Ledøje-Smørum Historisk Forening og Arkiv, Årsskrift 2006, 4
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Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ N , 12 ° 17 ′ 24 ″ E