Dolmen of Stenvad

The Dolmen of Stenvad is a large megalithic tomb on Stendyssevej, about 1,5 km northwest of Stenvad in the north of the east Jutland peninsula of Djursland. It belongs to the Funnel Beaker culture and is usually dated to about 3500–2800 BCE by typological comparison, since no archaeological excavation has been carried out there.

The monument stands within a roughly 19 m long and 11 m wide long mound oriented northeast–southwest. The surviving chamber is a hexagonal polygonal dolmen, its outline formed by five large supporting stones, three of which act as uprights, together with a threshold stone at the entrance to the passage. Its most striking feature is an unusually large horizontal capstone. Some kerb stones from the eroded mound remain.

In the southwest part of the mound lie the sparse remains of a second dolmen. A preserved threshold stone marks the transition between the chamber and the passage. The area is rich in dolmens and forms, in several respects, the northern counterpart to the concentration around Nødager, about 20 km away to the south of Kolindsund. During the Neolithic this area was an island.

The painter Ib Andersen (1907–1969) used the dolmen as a model for the design of the 50-Kronen banknote, which circulated from 1957 to 1975. For this reason it is also popularly called the 50 Kroner Dysse. Typical grave goods found in dolmens of this kind include polished axes, Late Neolithic “Markenzeichen”, flint flakes, and richly decorated Funnel Beaker culture pottery.

Dolmen of Stenvad is a dolmen in Norddjurs Municipality, Denmark. Wikidata describes it as: dolmen in Denmark. A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen von Stenvad", shown in the original language.