Pen gestures
The Pengesten is in the field north of the hamlet Bladstrup and Odense in nordfyn municipality on the Danish island of Funen and is a passage grave ( Danish Jættestue ). 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 Pengesten ( German money stone ) comes from the New Stone Age about 3000 v. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).
It has a north-east-south-west oriented, approximately "pear-shaped" chamber of about 2.7 × 2.2 m. It consists of 10 bearing stones and two cap stones, of which only the one above the northeastern part of the chamber has survived. The corridor, which extends to the southeast, is 3.3 m long, 0.5 m wide and is made up of five pairs of stones. The innermost pair is part of the chamber. No capstone of the corridor has been preserved. All stones are exposed. Only a small part of the hill has been preserved.
The passage grave is placed under protection.
The passage grave Ærtesten is about 150 m north.
See also
literature
- Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 55 ° 30 ′ 50.8 ″ N , 10 ° 20 ′ 12.1 ″ E