Kong Svends høj - Pederstrup, Denmark - Megalithic Monuments on Waymarking.com

Dansk: I Kong Svends høj på det nordvestlige Lolland finder man landets næstlængste jættestuekammer. Kun overgået af jættestuen ved Listrup på naboøen Falster. I alt er der på de to øer bevaret 212 megalitmonumenter fra yngre stenalder.

Den store jættestue, der har et kammer, der måler mere end 12 meter er udgravet flere gange - tidligst i 1780 - og undersøgt arkæologisk i flere omgange. Senest i 1991. Under en udgravning i 1942 fandt man indgangen til højen. Som ligger for enden af passagen som peger i vestlig retning fra højen. Noget usædvanligt, da der er tradition for at jættestuepassagerne peger i østlig eller sydøstlig retning. Som flere andre af østersøområdets jættestuer er højen trapetzformet, hvor de i de fleste andre steder i landet er runde.

English: In Kong Svend's mound on northwestern Lolland you will find the country's second longest burial chamber. Only surpassed by the graveyard at Listrup on the neighboring island of Falster. A total of 212 megalithic monuments from the Neolithic have been preserved on the two islands.

The large burial chamber, which has a chamber measuring more than 12 meters, has been excavated several times - at the earliest in 1780 - and examined archaeologically on several occasions. Most recently in 1991. During an excavation in 1942, the entrance to the mound was found. Which is located at the end of the passage which points in a westerly direction from the mound. Something unusual, as there is a tradition for the burial chamber passages to point in an easterly or southeastern direction. Like several other of the Baltic Sea's burial chambers, the mound is trapezoidal, where in most other parts of the country they are round.

Source: Vejviser til Danmarks Oldtid, Ingrid Falktoft Andersen

Type: Dolmen Number: 65.00 Size: The burial chamber is over 12 meters long and covered by large stones Source: Unknown Purpose: Burial, rituals and sacrifice Parking: Not Listed

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