Valdemar Plads

Langdysser Valdemar Plads is located in the middle of Vintersbølle Skov (forest), south of Nyråd, in Vordingborg Municipality on the Danish island of Zealand . It was made during the Neolithic , around 3400 BC. Erected by the carriers of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The dolmen is like most megalithic tombs looted and appears as a ruin in a large curbs combined, eroded hills. Described in 1844 by the later director of the Danish National Museum, Sophus Müller , the hill was protected as early as 1868. 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 north-west-south-east oriented megalithic complex was already largely deprived of its two aisle-free chambers, which were located in the middle of the hill. Of the narrow, rectangular northern chamber, only one side of the chamber and a small part of the southern end stone have been preserved. Only a side stone and a relocated capstone have been preserved from the southern one. There are also no passageways between the 29 preserved curbs, which form a slightly trapezoidal plan about 18 m long and eight meters wide. There are ten stones on each long side, and four or five on the north and south narrow sides. An upright gable stone at the northern end and an overturned one at the southern end are particularly high. They form the stern stones of the Langdyssen.

The capstone of the south chamber has a round, later engraved depression about 20 centimeters in diameter and 5–7 centimeters deep and a narrow circumferential groove about one centimeter wide. 14 small bowls were recognized on the stone in 2010 , which were probably carved during the Bronze Age , when the stone was still on the chamber.

Legend

There are various legends about the stone and its deepening, all of which refer to King Valdemar. Some say that King Valdemar's horse is buried under the stone. Another tells that the hole was made by his horse during the nightly ride from Vordingborg to Gurre and that the groove track came from King Valdemar's whip. Another legend has it that King Valdemar tried to get water for a wounded hunter while hunting wild boar. His horse kicked the stone so hard that water ran out of the hole the king brought to the hunter. Later there was always water in the hole, which also has healing properties against eye diseases and warts. And when a coin is put in the hole, wishes are granted.

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Langdysser is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular barren bed, in contrast to this, round dolmen or round dysser are those dolmens that are located in a round hill.
^ 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.

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54.990628 11.96282Coordinates: 54 ° 59 ′ 26.3 " N , 11 ° 57 ′ 46.2" E

[1] Langdysser is the common denomination in Denmark for dolmens that lie in a rectangular barren bed, in contrast to this, round dolmen or round dysser are those dolmens that are located in a round hill.

[2] 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.