Skingshøj

Floor plan of a polygonal diaphragm - scheme

Runddysse Skingshøj is located in the hamlet of Nyrup, near Højby in the north of Hornsherred on the Danish island of Zealand . The megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) was created in the Neolithic between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.

Skingshøj is an excavated polygonal pole with a partially preserved passage. The northwest-southeast-oriented chamber, almost filled with earth, is about 2.0 m long, 1.75 m wide and has an inner height of 1.4 m. The chamber consists of five supporting stones and the large capstone with a few bowls . The 1.9 m long corridor is on the southeast side. Only two bearing stones have survived.

Nearby is the passage grave Birkehøj .

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Great stone graves in Denmark

literature

• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8

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

Web links

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Coordinates: 55 ° 55 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 23.5 ″  E