Offersten in Hornbæk
The Round Dolmen Offersten in Hornbæk ( German Sacrificial Stone ) is located in a forest near the North Zealand seaside resort of the same name in Denmark , around 250 m south of the coastal road.
It is a well-preserved round hill about 8.5 m in diameter from the Neolithic Age , which was built by the carriers of the Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK) between 3500 and 2800 BC. Was built. 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 round dolmen of Hornbæk (9 thereof even by a circle of 16 stones in situ ) surrounded, during about half a dozen curbs are missing. The off-center chamber is damaged. It consisted of two side stones and two end stones. Two side stones are tilted inwards. The large capstone of this all-round closed and thus typologically early Urdolmen has been moved. The complex sketched in 1877 by Andreas Peter Madsen (1822–1911) was placed under protection in 1942.
See also
literature
- Svend Hansen: Jættestuer i Danmark. Construction and restoration. Miljøministeriet - Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, Hørsholm 1993, ISBN 87-601-3386-4 .
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.
- ↑ dan. In Denmark, Runddysse refers to dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens in a rectangular mound bed are called long dolmens.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ E