Halskov Vænge Langdysse 4
DatedEst. 3500–2800 BCE
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The megalithic long barrow known as Halskov Vænge Langdysse 4 lies in Guldborgsund Municipality, Denmark. The catalogue places it at 54.8001° N, 12.0864° E and links it to Wikidata item Q30108754.
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The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
The full article
About Halskov Vænge Langdysse 4
This kind of monument hereSources for this section
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Further north, the long barrow tradition took its own form. In Denmark and southern Sweden the long barrows typically used stone in their construction, and in the Netherlands and northern Germany they also used stone where it was available. The long barrows in parts of Poland are typically earthen rather than megalithic. They belong to the Funnel Beaker culture, and the architecture of Scandinavia and northern Germany, called Nordic megalith architecture, appeared mainly between 3500 and 2800 BCE. Further down this page, About this kind of monument gives the whole of “Northern European long barrows (langdysser)”.
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Typological estimate, not a date for this site: monuments of this kind in this region are normally dated 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. The range comes from what is known about megalithic long barrow monuments in Denmark; nothing measured on this site itself is on record, so it may be younger or older than the range suggests.
The range rests on this regional background (source: the Wikipedia article “Nordic megalith architecture”): Danish long barrows (langhoje) belong to the Nordic megalith tradition which emerged predominantly between 3500 and 2800 BC.
Landscape and neighbours
The catalogue lists 66 other sites within 1 km, 131 within 5 km and 253 within 10 km; 2 of them are also classed as megalithic long barrow. That puts it inside a dense cluster of monuments. It is one of 15 megalithic long barrow records among the 39 sites catalogued in Guldborgsund Municipality, Denmark.
The closest catalogued sites are Halskov Vænge (0.0 km south-west, megalithic mound); Halskov Vænge (0.0 km south-west, megalithic mound); Halskov Vænge (0.0 km north-west, megalithic mound); Halskov Vænge distr. V, afd.34 (0.0 km west, megalithic mound). The catalogue is assembled from open records and is not complete, so unrecorded monuments may lie closer.
Records and protectionSources for this section
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Wikidata lists the site with the heritage status protected ancient monument in Denmark. The open records for it are Wikidata (Q30108754), where corrections and further identifiers can be added. Access varies from open common land to private fields; check local access rules, ask where needed, and take care not to damage the monument.
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Nothing on this page was written by an AI model: it is assembled by program from Wikidata (CC0), the heritage register named above and the regional article “Northern European long barrows (langdysser)”, written for the Atlas from the Wikipedia articles it cites (CC BY-SA 4.0), with distances and counts calculated from the catalogue coordinates.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Northern European long barrows (langdysser)
Further north, the long barrow tradition took its own form. In Denmark and southern Sweden the long barrows typically used stone in their construction, and in the Netherlands and northern Germany they also used stone where it was available. The long barrows in parts of Poland are typically earthen rather than megalithic. They belong to the Funnel Beaker culture, and the architecture of Scandinavia and northern Germany, called Nordic megalith architecture, appeared mainly between 3500 and 2800 BCE.
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern many dolmens lie inside a trapezoid frame of standing stones that the Germans call a Hünenbett, "giants' bed". Excavators there recognise the "unchambered long barrow" as a type of its own, along with simple dolmens, extended dolmens, passage graves and stone cists.
The purpose of early Neolithic long barrows is not known, though archaeologists can make suggestions based on recurring patterns. One argument is that they were religious sites, perhaps erected as part of a system of ancestor veneration; an alternative is that they were primarily economic or territorial markers.
Folklore: the German name Hünenbett, "giants' bed", reflects the old belief that giants lay in such graves. The barrows were in fact built by Neolithic farmers.
Dating relies on pottery and on radiocarbon dates from the few that have been excavated.
When visiting, look for the long outline of the mound, any kerbstones, and the chambers within it.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Long barrow, Wikipedia: Nordic megalith architecture, Wikipedia: Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wikipedia: Funnel beaker culture · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dates
Est. 3500–2800 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for megalithic long barrows in Denmark; this site has not been dated itself. Danish long barrows (langhoje) belong to the Nordic megalith tradition which emerged predominantly between 3500 and 2800 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Denmark
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 54°48′00″ N, 12°05′11″ EFor a GPS or map app: 54.80013, 12.08645
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Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge distr. V, afd.343500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Halskov Vænge3500–500 BCE
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- 01Wikidata Q30108754wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
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This page is assembled from open records (Wikidata, CC0; OpenStreetMap, ODbL) and a tradition article paraphrasing Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). No article exists for this site, and nothing here is written by a model.
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