Runddysse from Vielsted

Floor plan of a round dyssey seen from above, here with an eccentric chamber

The Runddysse of Vielsted is located in the field, northeast of Soro , between the Store Ebberup and Nyrup on the Danish island of Zealand . The megalithic complex from the Neolithic Age was built by the people of the Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK) between 3500 and 2800 BC. Built in BC. 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.

description

The round dolmen of Vielsted consists of 19 large, slightly inwardly sloping curbs, which border the round mound of earth, in the middle of which is the extended dolmen, three meters long and about one meter wide. The megalithic complex has four bearing stones and a capstone. The capstone was exposed for a long time because the upper part of the hill has been eroded. The Vielsted dolmen is next to Poskær Stenhus (originally 24 kerbstones) and Frenderupgård the best preserved structure of this type in Denmark.

Nearby

The Langdysse of Vielsted is 500 m to the west. In the south-west of Kirke Flinterup there is a second round dysse and a long dysser with two chambers. At Hellestrup there are two long dikes, one with a large chamber. In the Nordskoven there is a hill with a chamber, while others are destroyed. Langdysse Kildehøje is located on the northeastern bank of Gystringe Sø .

literature

Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 249
Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 47

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.
↑ Runddolmen (Danish: Runddysse) is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular mound bed are called long dolmens

Web links

55.520604 11.651853Coordinates: 55 ° 31 ′ 14.2 " N , 11 ° 39 ′ 6.7" E

[1] 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.

[2] Runddolmen (Danish: Runddysse) is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular mound bed are called long dolmens