Langdysse from Ormstrup

Ormstrup long barrows

Parallel and transverse lying

The Ormstrup Langdysse (also called Tryggelev Mark ) on the Danish island of Langeland . The dolmen in the Hünenbett ( Danish Langdysse ) dates from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).

description

Ormstrup is a model, restored megalithic complex in 1957 . The unusually high hill is bordered with kerbstones. One chamber is in the middle and at right angles (transverse). The megalithic bed is about 20.0 m long and 7.5 m wide. The chamber is 2.2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. The hill is oriented almost east-west, while the chamber is oriented north-south. During the excavation, amber , flint , bones and pottery shards from the Middle Neolithic were discovered, along with a Late Bronze Age urn placed in the mound.

Around 600 m away is the Ormstrup round dysentery , a little further and to the west is the Ormstrup passage grave .

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• Jens Bech: Monuments on Langeland (= Tryk from Langelands Museum. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2370563-2 ). 2nd edition. Langelands Centraltrykkeri, Rudkøbing 1981.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Langdysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed, in contrast to this, round dolmens or round dysers are those dolmens that lie in a round hill

Web links

• Description and pictures
• Tryggelevgaard , Fund og Fortidsminder (Danish)

Coordinates: 54 ° 47 '24 "  N , 10 ° 40' 50.9"  E