Langdysser from Thisted

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Water tower and Langdysse

The Langdysser Thisted is located on Langdyssevej near the water tower of Thisted in Thy in the north of Denmark . The megalithic bed was originally 172 m long, making it one of the longest in the funnel beaker culture (TBK), which the megalithic complex between 3500 and 2800 BC. Created. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.

description

The western end, however, was removed. The hill is only 132 m long. Investigations of the hill were last made in 1960. The long bed was initially mistaken for a long hill , but the curbs and three pits of the former dolmen chambers showed that it was a long dysser . All stones are missing and were probably used in the construction of the Winthersmølle. During the investigations in 1960, a bow brooch from the Early Bronze Age , a coin from 1813 and six vessels from the Middle Ages were found in a stone box . The finds are in the National Museum. The clay pots were possibly offerings for the "Langdøsmand" (it was believed that a man lived in the long hill). It is said that until the end of the 19th century people gathered on the long hill at Whitsun to offer the man in the long hill, among other things, pins.

See also

literature

  • Jette Kjær: Antiquities from Thy. Musset for Thy og Hanherred, Thisted 1976.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.
  2. ↑ Langdysser is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular barren bed, in contrast to this, round dolmen or round dysser are those dolmens that are located in a round hill

Coordinates: 56 ° 57 ′ 32 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 20 ″  E