Langdysse Rolvshøj

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Langdysse Rolvshøj
Chamber of the Langdysse Rolvshøj
Parallel and transverse lying

The Langdysse Rolvshøj (also Rolfshøj ) is a dolmen . It is located on the corner of Ørbæk- and Rolighedsvej in Lossens, west of Rolfsted on Funen in Denmark in the immediate vicinity of the residential development. Between 3500 and 2800 BC The megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK), which was created in the 3rd century BC, is one of the better preserved Langdyssen on the island.

Langdysse Rolvshøj after AP Madsen

description

There are ten curbs on the southwest side of the megalithic bed , and four on the northwestern side. Otherwise there are still three stones in situ or carried away. In the north-western part of the hill there is a chamber 2.2 m long and 75 cm wide, excavated in 1890, consisting of 3 supporting stones (open in the northeast) and a 1.65 m long and 1.1 m wide capstone, the surface of which is made of bowls is littered. In the center of the hill there is a single stone as a remnant of a lost dolmen . Both chambers were placed as transverse beds in the approximately 15 m long and 7 m wide barren bed.

Legend has it that the prehistoric legendary Skjöldungen king Rolf Krake (from the early 6th century) is buried here. Rolf Krake (also called Hrolf Krake ) was the Danish king in Gammel Lejre on Zealand. He is mentioned in the Hrólfs saga kraka , other sagas and in the Gesta Danorum of the Saxo Grammaticus . He appears in Beowulf under the name Hrothulf.

The Runddysse of Tvevadgård located east of Rolsted.

See also

literature

  • Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 208
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelson: Fortidsminder på Fyn. Fantasiens trædesten. Odense Bys Museer, Odense 2003, ISBN 87-7838-853-8 , p. 87.
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Langdysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to round dolmens or round dysers are those dolmens that lie in a round hill.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 19 '27.9 "  N , 10 ° 33' 17.2"  E