Megalithic sites from Herslev

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Herslev Dolmen
The passage grave Annemosehøj
Stone box from Herslev

The megalithic complexes of Herslev on the island of Langeland in Denmark consist of a dolmen, a passage grave and a stone box which are located to the west and north of the town of Herslev. They originated in the Neolithic between 3950 and 2800 BC. BC as 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.

The dolmen

The Herslev dolmen is located 500 m south of the Langdolmens near Statene , in a field immediately south of the Augløkkevej, which, coming from Illebølle, meets the north-south running county road 305. It is an unexcavated dolmen chamber. The chamber, which is only one by two meters in size, is the most northerly of the three formerly located in a common long hill that has been completely eroded. The large capstone still rests on the bearing stones. In access a double threshold can be seen.

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. "Annemosehøj" is located south of the dolmen on a cultivated field, west of the county road behind a farm ( 54 ° 52 ′ 58.2 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 53.8 ″  E ). Andemosehøj (Duck Bog Hill) is an exposed burial chamber, the hill of which no longer exists. It is aligned to NNE-SSW and measures about six by two meters. In the restored chamber, railroad tracks embedded in concrete support the four somewhat displaced cap stones. Two of the stones were placed as yokes . The inner pair of bearing stones of the corridor on the southeast side of the chamber have been preserved. The trapezoid chamber is formed by 13 supporting stones; five on the long sides and one or two on the end sides. The facility has not yet been examined.

In the middle of the 19th century, the objects found there were removed. These were flint implements that the excavating regimental surgeon sent to the National Museum. The discovery of ten human skeletons, which he reported, apparently with their backs against the wall, is questioned.

The stone box

The stone box (also called Klæsø) of Herslev was a Roese found.

See also

literature

  • Jens Bech: Monuments on Langeland (= Tryk from Langelands Museum. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2370563-2 ). 2nd edition. Langelands Centraltrykkeri, Rudkøbing 1981, pp. 18-19.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Danish cultural heritage register. Retrieved November 21, 2014 (Danish).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ↑ (Danish Langdysse) is the name commonly used in Denmark and Sweden for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to that, round dolmens are those dolmens that lie in a round hill

Coordinates: 54 ° 53 ′ 11.7 "  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 58.6"  E