Runddysse from Smidstrup

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The Runddysse of Smidstrup is located in the hamlet of Smidstrup, southwest of Kirke Hvalsø on the Danish island of Zealand . The dolmen is located south of the Elverdam River, near the border of Holbæk Municipality .

The chamber of the polygonal hollow is located in a 1.2 m high, irregular round hill with a diameter of about 9.0 m and is hexagonal with five supporting stones and a 1.7 m high capstone. The chamber measures approximately 1.5 x 1.4 m. The hill, which is heavily overgrown on the south side, has no visible curbs. Maybe two stones in the southwest are shifted gang stones. The megalithic complex of Kirke-Hvalsø and the passage grave of Nørre Hvalsø are nearby .

See also

literature

  • Karsten Kjer Michaelson: Fortidsminder på Fyn. Fantasiens trædesten. Odense Bys Museer, Odense 2003, ISBN 87-7838-853-8 , p. 87.
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Runddysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a round hill, in contrast to that, Langdysser are those dolmen that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn bed

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