Megalithic systems in Knudsskov
The megalithic systems in the Knudsskov (Forest) ( Danish Knudsskov jættestue og langdysse ) are located on the almost 15 km long Knudshoved Odde peninsula on the Danish island of Zealand . Megalithic systems ( Knudsby Stordysse ) of the funnel cup culture (TBK) lined up like pearls on a string reflect the settlement of the peninsula around 5500 years ago. From the parking lot on the east side of the Knudsskov, which belongs to the Rosenfeldt estate, the well-preserved facilities (a passage grave and a long dysentery with an ancient dolmen ) can be viewed. The plants were built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as large stone graves of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
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 can be found primarily in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. The passage grave on the edge of the parking lot, which was last restored in 1989, is almost complete and enclosed by a mound of earth. The passage grave, first described two years earlier, was placed under protection in 1878 at the request of the National Museum.
Sometime before 1876, a capstone had been removed from the corridor of the plant. To search the facility, two of the capstones of the chamber were removed from the northeastern end. This old robbery excavation caused the otherwise solid stone structure to become unstable, so the National Museum carried out a restoration and partial excavation in 1917. The floor of the passage grave was tiled and covered with a 1-2 centimeter thick layer of clay screed. On the floor next to human and animal bones lay objects of the TBK including an intact hanging vessel, several polished axes or hatchets and some flint chisels . In a small excavation field, cross-shaped traces of an ard plow were recognized under the old crumb.
The 1917 restoration was carried out through the old pillage opening. Therefore, 72 years later - in 1989 - the museum had to restore the grave, the chamber of which had become unstable. During this restoration, one of the missing capstones was replaced by a new stone and the complex was given its current appearance. A solid mound of earth now covers the facility. From the outside, only the small, south-facing opening of the approximately 5.5 m long corridor is visible, which leads into the 7.3 × 2.4 m large northeast-southwest-oriented chamber. It consists of 16 bearing stones and six large cap stones. The gaps between the bearing stones in the chamber and corridor were about half of the original height filled with stacked stone tiles as dry masonry . The ones added during the restoration are made of reddish Nexo sandstone .
The long dolmen
On the south-east side of the parking lot is a rectangular long pole measuring approximately 14.5 × 9.5 m. In the middle of the hill, a capstone covers the transverse, rectangular chamber of 1.5 × 0.9 m made of four supporting stones. The mound of earth within the curb extends to the lower edge of the capstone, which is why the chamber cannot be seen. Of the curbs that once completely enclosed the hill, 21 stones have been preserved. The Urdolmen was also examined by the National Museum in 1878 and 1917. It turned out that the floor of the chamber was tiled like in the passage grave. The bones of three people lay on the floor: a woman, a man, and an indefinable person. Two small flint axes and a pebble were found among grave goods.
The Langdysse of Knudsskov Enghave lies about 1.5 km to the southeast.
See also
literature
- Klaus Ebbesen: Danske jættestuer. Langhøj ved Knudsby på Sydsjælland. Attika, Vordingborg 2009, ISBN 978-87-7528-737-6
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 ° 3 ′ 19.2 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 44.6" E