Langdysse of Plejerup
The Langdysse of Plejerup is located about 75 meters from the road in a hilly landscape east of Grevinge in the Odsherred municipality near Holbæk on the island of Zealand in Denmark . It dates from the Neolithic Age around 3500 to 2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
The Langdysse is a north-west-south-east-oriented system with an approximately 26.0 × 10.0 m measuring, 0.5 m high, partly heavily overgrown barn bed . It has almost complete, but only partially visible curbs. A stone on the northeast corner broke.
The chamber located approximately in the middle is a pentagonal polygonal pole . The interior dimensions of the chamber are 1.9 × 1.7 m with a height of 1.0 m. In the northeast is the narrow entrance with two pieces of threshold stone .
Nearby are Hamlet's grave and the megalithic complexes in Grevinge Skov .
See also
literature
- Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
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: 55 ° 47 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 35.9 ″ E