Corsets

Development from the block box (top left) to the Urdolmen with corridor (bottom right) - the Korsten roughly corresponds to the illustration below left

The Urdolmen Korssten ( German  Kreuzstein ) in Sjellerup Skov (also called Nørreskov) is located in Egen on the island of Alsen in Denmark . It is a megalithic complex of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) and was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.

The Corsican lies in the middle of a 1.2 m high round hill without curbs; 14 m in diameter. The east-west oriented, 1.8 m long and 0.8 m wide, recessed chamber is made up of four stones, three of which are bearing stones and the fourth is a lower threshold stone . A cross was engraved in the missing capstone.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• 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

• Description Engl. and pictures

Coordinates: 55 ° 1 ′ 9.1 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 56.3 ″  E