Langdysse of Kardyb
The Langdysse von Kardyb (also called Kardybdysse or Kobberup ) is the longest dolmen in Denmark at 185 m . It is over 2.0 m high, 17.0 m wide and named after the Kardyb farm. It is located between Kobberup and Tastum near Viborg in Jutland in Denmark .
The partially disturbed Langdysse belongs to the between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC built megalithic systems of the Middle Neolithic , which were built by the people of the funnel cup culture (TBK).
The hill was not 185.0 m long from the start. New burial chambers were added and the hill was lengthened. There are single large stones on the edge of the hill that are the remains of its curb chain.
The Kobberup flint axes were found nearby .
See also
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 137.
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 87.
- Jakob Vedsted: Fortidsminder og Kulturlandskab. En kildekritisk analysis af tragtbaegerkulturens found material from Norddjursland. Forlaget Skippershoved, Ebeltoft 1986, ISBN 87-981329-5-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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: 56 ° 30 ′ 17.5 ″ N , 9 ° 4 ′ 32.3 ″ E