Tornbydyssen
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zilveruno
N 57° 32.167 E 009° 56.498
32V E 556375 N 6377457
Denmark's northernmost preserved dolmen. The tomb is built in the Neolithic period about. 5000 years ago.
Waymark Code: WM9TE3
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 09/28/2010
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Denmark's northernmost preserved dolmen, found by a dirt road approx. 300m
south of Tornby old Købmandsgaard. The tomb is built in the Neolithic period about. 5000 years ago.
The stones were at the time covered by soil. The three big stone walls were in a tomb,
where the dead were brought inside. Dolmens are common graves, which lay near the village houses and fields.
Tombs told strangers that lived here a family with grandfather rights for land and hunting.
One of the oldest settlements in the region is Købsted by Varbroådalen -
possibly a commercial center from 500 to 800 BC
At that time merchants came from afar to the Danish coast to
exchange their goods with local products.
The village Tornby at the church from 1100-year is a society from Viking times. Apparently, the population rose sharply in the Viking Age, and new settlements arose. Place names with suffixes-city
and seat are from the years 800 - 1000 AD At that time, Northwest Denmark has been a significant power and trading center. It is possible that there lived a family in Tornby of enterprising men, who next
agriculture drives maritime trade along the North Sea and Skagerrak coasts.
Type: Dolmen
Parking: N 57° 32.328 E 009° 56.616
Number: 5.00
Size: Not listed
Source: Not listed
Purpose: Not listed
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