Sulkendrup jættestue - Sulkendrup, Denmark - Megalithic Monuments on Waymarking.com

Megalitgrav fra bondestenalderen, men stedet er også anvendt til gravlæggelser i bronze- og jernalderen. Altså mere end 3000 års gravtradition samlet i een oldtidshøj. Jættestuen, der er den ældste del af gravhøjen, ligger dybt og er tilgængelig via en passage sat af store sten. Husk lommelygten.

Højen ligger i privat skov og er tilgængelig for besøg fra klokken seks til solnedgang.

I en lille skov nær Sulkendrup mølle ligger blandt højgruppen Trillingehøje en større fredet høj med en dybtliggende jættestue. Den såkaldte jættestue er simpelt forklaret et gravkammer bygget op af sten og efterfølgende dækket af en høj. Den stammer fra bondestenalderen og i en periode var gravkammert fællesgrav for områdets stenalderbønder.

I gravkammeret placerede man rester af lig, sorteret efter komplekse ritualer. Og med jævne mellemrum mugede man simpelthen ud, så der var plads til nye lig i højen. Det er i hvert fald sådan nogle arkæologer har tolket fund fra lignende gravanlæg andre steder i landet. Passagen til jættestuen blev dækket til med en flad sten, man let kunne flytte, når højen skulle bruges igen. Udenfor placerede man gravgaver og ofrede mad, urter og smykker til de døde.

På et tidspunkt er gravkammeret i Sulkendrups jættestue styrtet sammen, hvilket vanskeliggjorde videre gravlæggelser. Lige ind til bronzealderen, hvor man valgte at bygge en ny høj oven på den eksisterende jættestue, så man må formode, at der er tale om et sted, der har haft en vis kultisk og hellig betydning gennem utallige generationer. Helt op i Jernalderen har man anvendt højen til gravlæggelser, men på dette tidspunkt havde begravelsestraditionerne ændret sig, så man nu typisk begravede de døde i urner, der blev placeret i højsiden.

English: Megalithic tomb from the Peasant Stone Age, but the site is also used for burials in the Bronze and Iron Ages. In other words, more than 3000 years of burial tradition gathered in one ancient mound. The burial chamber, which is the oldest part of the burial mound, lies deep and is accessible via a passage set of large stones. Remember the flashlight.

The mound is located in private forest and is available for visits from six o'clock to sunset.

In a small forest near Sulkendrup mill, among the high group Trillingehøje is a larger protected mound with a deep-lying burial chamber. The so-called burial chamber is simply explained as a burial chamber built of stone and subsequently covered by a mound. It dates from the Peasant Stone Age and for a period was the burial chamber common grave for the area's Stone Age peasants.

In the burial chamber, remains of corpses were placed, sorted according to complex rituals. And at regular intervals they simply mowed out, so that there was room for new corpses in the mound. At least that's how some archaeologists have interpreted finds from similar tombs elsewhere in the country. The passage to the burial chamber was covered with a flat stone that could easily be moved when the mound was to be used again. Outside, grave goods were placed and food, herbs and jewelry were sacrificed to the dead.

At one point, the burial chamber in Sulkendrup's burial chamber collapsed, which made further burials difficult. Right up to the Bronze Age, when they chose to build a new mound on top of the existing burial chamber, so one must assume that it is a place that has had some cultic and sacred significance through countless generations. Up to the Iron Age, the mound has been used for burials, but by this time burial traditions had changed, so that the dead were now typically buried in urns placed in the high side.

Type: Dolmen Number: 18.00 Size: Burial chamber 4x1,8 meters. 1,5 meters high. Chamber lies deep under bronzeage mound. Source: Unknown Purpose: Cult and burial Parking: Not Listed

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