Megalithic systems in Grevinge Skov

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Dolmen Afd. 215
Dolmen Afd. 215

The megalithic complexes in Grevinge Skov are located in Ods Herred Municipality, in Holbæk Amt on the Danish island of Zealand . The megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.

The dolmen

The Runddysse Afd. 215 in Grevinge Skov is located in the center of the forest at Bakkevej on a mound with a mighty oak next to it. The dolmen consists of five bearing stones (four are original, one has been added) and a heavily fragmented capstone, where you can still see the blast holes. The hill is about one meter high and about 14 m in diameter. On the southeast side was the 0.6 m wide and 1.6 m long corridor, of which a bearing stone has been preserved on each side. The chamber measures approximately 1.6 × 1.0 m and is 1.4 m high inside.

The passage grave

The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems , which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. The passage grave Hulehøj or Afd. 229 is in the part of the forest called Holtemose Hegn. Hulehøj has never been explored. Archaeologists have the stone grave to 3500-2800 BC. Dated. It is a mound of earth about 3.5 m high and about 27.0 m in diameter. There are a dozen very large stones on the hill, some of which weigh many tons. Underneath there are more large stones that are almost covered with earth. It is believed that there may be one or two passage graves in the mound and that the top two stones cover the chamber of an passage grave. A passage grave can have several integrated chambers. Skeletal parts of more than 100 people have been found in some.

Polygonal dolmen Horsebjerg

Between the dolmen and the passage grave lies the Runddysse Horsebjerg (also called Bukkebjerg, or Grevinge Skov Afd. 230) in the part of the forest that is also called Holtemose Hegn. The approximately 1.45 × 1.4 m measuring, 0.8 m high polygonal chamber lies on an almost round mound of earth about 10.0 m in diameter. It consists of five bearing stones and a large capstone. There is a pentagonal recess in the capstone, 25 mm in diameter and several centimeters deep. In addition, three large and one small corridor stones belong to a 0.7 m wide and 1.4 m long corridor.

At Grevinge lies the Herrestrup round dysentery with a hexagonal chamber; at the junction Holtevej and Odstrupvej, Hamlet's grave (Zealand) or “Grevinge Skov Afd. 224 “, as well as south of the forest of the Langdysse of Plejerup .

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  1. ↑ Runddysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular barren bed are called Langdysse