Store Jyndovn
The store Jyndovn (locally as "Æ Stuer Jyndovn" German "big giant oven" , also called Klelund Langdysse) lies between the Hovborg- and Grindstedvej, south of Hovborg at Vejen in South Denmark 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 . It is one of the largest in South Jutland.
Store Jyndovn is an approximately 117.0 m long and 8.0 m wide long dyssey. The huge bed consists of 62 curbs and contains a chamber. Originally about 180 stones standing close together formed the edge. At the eastern end is the chamber of a polygonal dole with a capstone about 3.0 m in diameter. There were originally several chambers in the hill, but these were already broken off during stone quarrying in the early 19th century. The megalithic grave has been under protection along with other megalithic tombs in the area since 1841.
The term "Jyndovn" comes from the older Jutland dialect. The word is composed of “Jynd”, which means giant, and “ovn”, oven, and so “Jyndovn” is the oven of giants.
The Gøngeovn (also called Tjele Jyndovn) is located at Tjele near Viborg and is an approximately 3.0 m high long dyssey, about 40.0 m long and 25.0 m wide with the remains of two chambers.
Nearby are the passage grave of Sønder Bøel , the Langdysse in the Klelund plantation and the Runddysse Thinghøj .
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- ↑ Langdysse is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular or trapezoidal barn, in contrast to round dolmens or round dysers are those dolmens that lie in a round hill
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Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 4.9 " N , 8 ° 56 ′ 35.4" E