Tingstedet - Rise, Denmark - Megalithic Monuments on Waymarking.com

I 1945 havde Bruun Andersen, sparekassedirektør fra Marstal, en idé om at Ærøs fortidsminder skulle restaureres og banken kunne betale for projektet. Til alles glæde skulle de gamle monumenter, en vigtig del af øens kulturarv, nu bringes i orden. 1500 kroner var der samlet afsat til restaureringerne. Konservator Julius Raklev fra Nationalmuseet vurderede, at langdyssen Tingstedet ville blive den dyreste af restaureringerne. 500 kroner blev afsat til restaurering af lokaliteten. Restaureringen trak dog ud - og endte med at koste yderligere 250 kroner. Betalt af Rises sogneråd da bankens bestyrelse havde smækket pengekassen i.

Langdyssens restaurering var måske ikke den mest vellykkede, men den samlede på mindet, så det igen fremstod monumentalt. Vestenden var udvidet - formentlig i en senere oldtidsperiode - med en lav høj, der dækkede vestenden. Den blev fjernet under restaureringen i '45, hvor "overskydende jord blev fjernet, så langdyssen let kunne afkodes som et bondestenalderminde. Måske den meget høje sten i vestsiden har hørt til højen og ikke langdyssen. Hvornår kamrene er blevet tømt for oldsager ved man ikke. De eneste fund, der kendes fra dyssen er nogle flintflækker, der blev fundet i den korte passage til det østlige kammer.

Tingstedet er en af oprindeligt seks høje, der lå i landskabet ved Store Rise. Der er offentlig adgang til den 54 meter lange langdysse med to bevarede kamre. Følg stien fra parkeringspladsen ved Rise kirkes vestside.

English: In 1945, Bruun Andersen, savings bank director from Marstal, had an idea that Ærø's ancient monuments should be restored and the bank could pay for the project. To the delight of all, the ancient monuments, an important part of the island's cultural heritage, were now to be restored. 1500 kroner had been set aside for the restorations. Curator Julius Raklev from the National Museum estimated that the long dolmen Tingstedet would be the most expensive of the restorations. 500 kroner was set aside for the restoration of the site. However, the restoration dragged on - and ended up costing another 250 kroner. Paid by Rise's parish council when the bank's board had slammed the cash register in.

The restoration of the long dolmen was perhaps not the most successful, but it gathered stones of the site, so that it again appeared monumental. The west end was widened - probably in a later ancient period - with a low mound covering the west end. It was removed during the restoration in '45, where "excess soil" was removed so that the long dolmen could easily be decoded as a Peasant Stone Age monument. Perhaps the very high stone on the west side belonged to the mound and not the long dolmen. When the chambers were emptied of antiquities is not known The only finds known from the dolmen are some flint spots found in the short passage to the eastern chamber.

The courthouse is one of originally six hills that lay in the countryside by the Great Rise. There is public access to the 54 meter long long dolmen with two preserved chambers. Follow the path from the parking lot at the west side of Rise Church.

Type: Dolmen Number: 41.00 Size: 54 x 8 meters Source: Unknown Purpose: Cult and burial Parking: Not Listed

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