Sprove Runddysse

Large dolmen types

Runddysse outline sketch

Sprove Runddysse , (also Sprovedyssen) just 150 meters south of the great megalithic tomb Kong Asger Høj on Mon located, is a v 3500-2800. Stordysser ( large dolmen ) of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) originated in BC . Together with Grønjægers Høj , Kong Asger Høj and Klekkende Høj , it is one of the most visited prehistoric places in the west of the island. 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 Sprove Dolmen looks like other round dyssers, but the chamber, which was originally completely hidden in the round hill, has a polygonal plan and is larger than the dolmens in the Vielsted round dysentery or in Poskær Stenhus . Most dolmens have only one capstone over the chamber. Danish large dolms always have several capstones (in Germany only systems with three or more capstones belong to this genus) and almost always a built entrance to the chamber, which, however, no longer has any capstones.

The chamber consists of a total of seven megaliths , the flat sides of which lie inwards towards the north-west-south-east oriented chamber. Dry masonry originally closed all the gaps between the corridor, chamber and curb stones that surround the hill. There are eight holes in the western capstone that were machined in preparation for the stone to be split. The 5,300-year-old monument was to be destroyed either to backfill roads or as building material for ports, churches and farms.

context

A total of 119 large stone graves from the Neolithic Age are known on the islands of Møn and Bogø, which are only 231 km² in size . 38 of them have been preserved and protected. 21 of them are passage graves of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) which between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC originated. Archaeologists estimate that the large stone graves that have been preserved represent only about 20% of those originally built. On Møn and Bogø, more than 190 large stone graves were originally created over a period of only 700 years.

literature

Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 216

Web links

Description Danish and pictures

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.
↑ Runddysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular barren bed are called Langdysser or Langdolmen

54.955777 12.140316Coordinates: 54 ° 57 ′ 20.8 ″ N , 12 ° 8 ′ 25.1 ″ 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] Runddysse is the name commonly used in Denmark for dolmens that are located in a round hill. In contrast, dolmens lying in a rectangular barren bed are called Langdysser or Langdolmen