Nils Halses Høj
Nils Halses Høj (also known as Nør Vols Høj) is an ancient dolmen from the early Neolithic , dating from around 3,500 BC. Was built by the carriers of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The east-west-oriented megalithic bed of the apparently transverse dolmen lies in the west of the island of Samsø in Denmark , about 200 m from Sælvig Bay. 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.
Nils Halses Høj is part of a large stone burial complex near the narrowest part of the southern half of the island between Saelvig Bay and Stavns Fjord. In the Rævebakkerne about one kilometer south of the Nils Halses Høj are 17 dolmens or barrows from the Neolithic and Bronze Age - including the "Angantyr Høj". The mythical king Angantyr , mentioned by Alcuin (735–804), is said to have ruled Denmark at the time of the construction of the neighboring Kanhave Canal in 726 AD. It is not known why the hill is called Nils Halses Høj. There is no legend or other tradition to explain this. Nils Halses Høj is one of the approximately 2,800 preserved megalithic sites in Denmark and is in good condition.
description
The mound of earth within the 32-meter-long and eight-meter-wide enclosure is about one meter high. Of the original 44 curbs, 31 have been preserved, around half of them in situ . The characteristic of the Neolithic megalithic beds is that they often have particularly large stones on one or both narrow sides. A sketch from 1874 shows four large stones at the west and two at the east end, all of which have run out today. This happened before 1937 when all visible monuments were protected by law. The bed, rounded at the narrow ends, was shaped like a ship with high stems. Long beds can contain several structures, but in the unexcavated Nils Halses Høj there is apparently only one structure which has been shifted slightly to the west and whose large capstone is visible.
At the western end of the megalithic bed, an ax from the Stone Age (around 2000 BC) was found in 1921, in which three small bowl-shaped pits were probably cut during the Bronze Age . The ax is now in the National Museum.
The passage grave of Alstrup is nearby .
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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.
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 48.6 " N , 10 ° 35 ′ 45.8" E