Tinghøj
In Tinghøj south of Stoholm in Central Jutland in Denmark , a well-preserved wooden grave box (Danish: træbyggede gravkiste) was found during the investigation of the hill , probably from the so-called ground burial time of the individual burial culture .
The burial box was in the eastern part of the hill with the entry side facing southeast. The transverse chamber, which was accessible via a narrow passage on the chamber side, is about pentagonal and 3.4 m long. All the walls and ceilings of the chamber and the hallway were made of wood. Plow tracks were found under the mound.
Finds
About 200 large and small amber beads were found in the eastern part of the chamber, as well as tooth enamel in the western part. The finds belong to at least two people. Presumably the woman with her head to the east lay between the amber beads and the man whose tooth enamel was found lay his head to the west. To the northwest and southwest of the hill, two flat graves of the single grave culture were found, which were 0.60 m deep. The neighboring tombs have ceramics showing previously unknown ornaments. One can be viewed as a child's grave.
context
So far, only two dozen wooden grave boxes have been recognized in Denmark, especially in North Jutland. In Dalbyneder near Randers , a 3.4 x 4.0 m recessed box made of vertical planks was found. The chamber contained four burials. Another wooden structure was found in Vroue Hede. The vertical plank chamber had four massive corner posts. The planks were in a about 1.0 m wide pit and were supported on the outside by stones. All of the planks have been burned on the surface to prevent rot. The burial chamber was covered with six planks, and a 10–20 cm thick layer of clay was drawn over the ceiling and walls. Outside North Jutland there are wooden burial boxes without access.
These graves of the individual grave culture are varied (including the round "Cirkelgrave" - e.g. by Hejnsvig, Højlyst Pårup and Sjørup) and were probably used before the re- use of passage graves . A principle of the North Jutian form was the reusability and the associated transition of parts of the culture from the eponymous individual grave to the collective grave of the previous funnel cup culture . The use of the open wooden graves cannot have lasted for many years. Perhaps this was the reason why an attempt was made to extend the durability of the wood by burning it.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 28 '34.9 " N , 9 ° 8' 59.3" E