Megalithic complexes at Ravnebjerg Skov

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The megalithic complexes at Ravnebjerg Skov are located southwest of Tranekær and northwest of Pæregård , on the Danish island of Langeland . The megalithic graves date from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. And are megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). 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.

Next to the road there is a long dolmen ( Danish Langdysse ) on a hill in the field, while a passage grave can be found about 100 m north on the edge of the forest.

Kong Renes Høj
Kong Renes Høj

description

The north-west-south-east oriented megalithic bed of this megalithic complex, also known as "Kong Renes Høj", is about 22 × 10 m in size. Its curbs have not been preserved. At the northern end of the hill is the narrow, partially destroyed chamber of a dolmen lying across the hill, which was built at the same time as the hill. The small oval chamber of the passage grave at the southern end of the megalithic bed is more recent. Eight bearing stones support the two arched cap stones. One of them is twice the size of the other. In front of the east side of the chamber, on the surface of the hill, you can see the tops of a pair of bearing stones that belong to the corridor .

The barren bed of the passage grave at the edge of the forest, the western part of which is on the field, is badly plowed. The eastern area in the forest is well preserved, with a nearly 4.5 × 2.0 m large, almost completely earth-filled, oval chamber, the capstones of which are missing.

The facilities were not excavated.

Mythical royal names are also associated with "prehistoric" monuments in other places in Denmark:

See also

literature

  • Jens Bech: Monuments on Langeland (= Tryk from Langelands Museum. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2370563-2 ). 2nd edition. Langelands Centraltrykkeri, Rudkøbing 1981.
  • Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 227

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 name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed, in contrast to this, round dolmen or round dysser are those dolmens that are located in a round hill

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Coordinates: 54 ° 59 ′ 25.2 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 12.2 ″  E