Poskær Stenhus a 5,500 year-old burial mound in Denmark The fertile and undulating landscape of Mols is well supplied with Megalith-mounds from the neolithic and early bronze age. One of the most impressive Runddyser (Dolmen / Round barrow) in Denmark, Poskær- or Påskær- stone-house also known as Knebel-dyssen is located a little northeast of the village of Knebel. This ancient monument which was declared a National heritage site in 1860 (note the discrepancy in dates), has a hexagon shaped burial chamber made up of 5 uprights. It has two passage stones and a huge cap-stone. Surrounding them are 23 giant up to 2 metre high Kerb-stones in a circle with a diameter of some 20 metres. The chamber itself is placed to the eastern side of the circle, most likely because there were one or two more chambers inside the circle. This fine Dolmen was restored by the National Museum. Its made from 5 split upright stones angled slightly inwards that have been covered by a huge, likewise split stone weighing 15 metric tons. donsmaps/burialmounds.html
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:40:11 +0000
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