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Glossary (as far as I can glean!) Dysse: 'dolmen' = burial chamber, often with a mound (plural - dysser) Dyssekammer: 'dolmen chamber' = burial chamber - as we usually use dolmen Runddysse: 'round dolmen' = a chambered round barrow (plural - runddysser) Langdysse: 'long dolmen' = a chambered long barrow (plural - langdysser) Jættestue: 'giant's stones' = passage grave (plural - jættestuen) Høj: 'hill' = barrow Skibssætning: 'stone ship' = megalithic boat-shaped setting Books & maps For our trip Jane and I used Julian's The Megalithic European (see link at top of page to 'The Books') and James Dyer's Discovering Archaeology in Denmark (1972, Shire ISBN 0 85263158 8). For Langeland, we also used the Danish language Oldtidsmindser På Langeland (1996 Langelands Museum ISBN 87 88509-133) available at the Tourist Information office (and, I would imagine, Langelands Museum itself) in Rudkøbing, Langelands. It doesn't seem to be available on their website though - http://www.langelandsmuseum.dk/museum_en We also got a useful 1:50,000 map/leaflet in English Six cycling trips on Langeland (ISBN 87-7343-380-2) from the Tourist Information office. Mapwise, we used the Euromap 1:30,000 of Denmark (ISBN 3-575-03112-6), which allied to some maps printed from the Visit Denmark website (see below) allowed us to find pretty much everywhere we looked for. I also did some web research with limited success. I have posted the most useful site I found for the whole country (Visit Denmark) in the Links section below. I've posted a link specifically for Northern Jutland on the Jutland page. There is also a great PDF document available for some of the sites on Als, see Links on the Als page. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Moth 29th July 2007ce

Links

Google Books 'The Primeval Antiquities of Denmark' by J J A Worsaae, translated (and applied to English sites) by William J Thoms (1849). So it's dated in its theories. But it's got lots of illustrations. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 28th September 2007ce Edited 13th February 2009ce

Visit Denmark In English. Covers the whole of Denmark. Site pages usually have a little basic info and include links to interactive maps (not as good as the inline maps on this site though!) Search takes a little getting used to but is pretty good once you get the hang of it - which took me quite a while! Link is to the search page, as the navigation to it is pretty cumbersome and I couldn't find any other way to reach the information than using search! Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Moth 29th July 2007ce

Zealand (Island) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by Hob 8th November 2008ce

Zealand (Island) — Links

The TRB Photos of 4 Zealand Dolmens Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Hob 21st October 2008ce

Troldkirken (Langdysse) — Fieldnotes

Troldkirken (Church of trolls // Troll`s church) is a truly magnificent long dolmen (Danish: Langdysse) in North Jutland. It is one of Jutland`s most famous megalithic monuments. The tomb was built on a hilltop ca. 15 km west Ålborg 1km NE of Sønderholm. From the site you have a splendid view over Limfjorden and parts of Himmerland. The barrow is approximately 50m long and 7m wide. Despite some erosion barrow's height is still appr. 1m. Orientation is NE-SW. The barrow is surrounded by 47 kerbstones (according to literature....I did not count them). Some of them are still in situ, others were moved out of place when the earthwork eroded in the course of the time. The one at the northeastern end of the barrow is the largest at a visible height of appr. 2,5m. The chamber is situated some meters northeast of barrow`s centre. It is a large hexagonal dolmen chamber with short passage (Typ IV) covered by an enormous capstone. Access is easy, it is only a short walk uphill. The site itself is a landmark and cannot be missed. It is marked on most maps and signposted. Reference: Ebbesen, Klaus, Danske dysser – Danish Dolmens, Attika, København 2007, p.199, Pl. 177B Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Martin_L 20th March 2008ce

Gundestrup (Jættestue) — Fieldnotes

Gundestrupgård - Søndre Jættestue Passage Grave in North Jutland (Nordjylland) The ground plan of this tomb is extremly rare in Denmark. I am not sure if there really is a another one of this type. A 4m long passage leads into a polygonal chamber, covered by a large capstone. Between two chamber uprights is a small gap, that connects the main chamber with a polygonal sidechamber. The sidechamber has approximately half the size of the main-chamber and is also covered by a single capstone. The tomb is situated in a damaged barrow. Clear height of both chambers is reduced a bit as they are filled with earth to a certain extent. Therefore access of the sidechamber was not possible. There are a large (bronze age) barrow and a magnificent, but overgrown and damaged double passage grave with two side-chambers (Gundestrup Northern passage grave) nearby [Date of visit: April 1990] Sogn Beskrivelse No. Skræm (Skraem) SB-27 Skræm sogn, Øster Han herred, Hjørring amt Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Martin_L 20th March 2008ce

Christiania (Cup Marked Stone) — Images

Posted by Hob 3rd January 2008ce