Langdysse from Nældemose

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The Langdysse of Nældemose is located on the beach southwest of Nældemose (also Nellermose) on the island of Funen in Denmark . It dates from the Neolithic Age around 3500 to 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).

In 1987 the Langdysse chamber was only about 4.0 m from the edge of the eroded cliff, which had shifted 6.0 m since 1954. With an unchanged dismantling of 1.0 m every five years, the chamber was expected to fall within twenty years in 1987. However, the chamber was discovered in 2011 during an inspection by the competent authority.

The rectangular, west-east oriented, recessed chamber of the access-free Urdolmen is around 1.9 m long and 0.8 m wide. It consists of six stones, two on the long sides and one at each end. After the excavation in 1951, the chamber floor is about 0.7 m below the ground level. The capstone (s) is missing.

About 5.0 m west of the chamber, three large stones form a row about 4.0 m long, north-south oriented - these are presumably the curbs of the western end of a barren bed . Another possible curb is about 5.0 m north of the chamber in the forest floor. There are two stones on the beach immediately below the chamber. About 5.0 m east of the chamber a recess can be seen in which there is an upright edge stone with a split surface facing south. This could be the rest of another chamber.

The dolmen of Dreslette and Langdysse Vielandshøj are nearby .

See also

literature

  • Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
  • 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 barren bed. Dolmens that lie in a round hill are called round dysse.
  2. ↑ a b Nældemose on kulturarv.de (Danish), accessed on April 17, 2017

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Coordinates: 55 ° 10 ′ 34.4 "  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 45.4"  E