Runddysse Thinghøj

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The Runddysse Thinghøj is located in the south of the Klelund Plantation, northwest of Lindknud, near Vejen in the Syddanmark region in Jutland in Denmark . It is one between 3500 and 2800 BC. Megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) that was created in BC .

The hill of the protected Tinghøj described by AP Madsen (1822-1911) in 1892 is about 0.9 m high and 11.0 m in diameter. At the foot of the western half of the hill there are 16 curbs close together. In the eastern half there are four individual curbs up to 1.2 m high. In the middle lies a chamber that has not been examined with a heavy capstone about 2.2 m long, 1.6 m wide and 1.0 m thick.

Nearby are the passage grave of Sønder Bøel , the Langdysse in the Klelund plantation and the Jyndovn store .

Individual evidence

  1. Runddysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a round hill, in contrast to Langdysse dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed

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Coordinates: 55 ° 34 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 59.4 ″  E