Thoradysse
DatedEst. 3500–2800 BCE
Photo Andreas Peter Madsen · CC BY-SA 2.0Source file on Wikimedia Commons
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Overview
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What the sources say
Der auf Karten als Runddysse eingetragene Dolmen Thoradysse von Gundsømagle (auch Thorasdysse oder Torndysse) ist ein Langdysse westlich von Gundsømagle bei Kopenhagen in Dänemark.
Das etwa 17 × 12 m messende, einen Meter hohe Hünenbett ist Nord-Süd orientiert und wird lückenhaft von 20 Randsteinen gefasst. Am nördlichen Ende liegt die nach Osten offene Kammer eines Polygonaldolmens mit fünf bis zu 1,8 m hohen Tragsteinen und einem Deckstein. Am südlichen Ende liegt eine zweite nach Osten offene Kammer mit 5 kleineren Tragsteinen ohne Deckstein. Sträucher wachsen am Zugang zur Nordkammer. Der Dolmen befindet sich auf einem leicht welligen Schwemmland.
In Gundsømagle liegen auch die Dolmen Langdysse 3, Hødysse, Hovdysse und Gulddysse.
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Where it sits in time
The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.
The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
The full article
Thoradysse: the whole story
Summary in EnglishSources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Thoradysse von GundsømagleCC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Thoradysse von GundsømagleCC BY-SA 4.0
Thoradysse is a dolmen in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. Wikidata describes it as: ancient monument in Roskilde Municipality (96840). A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Thoradysse von Gundsømagle", shown in the original language.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Danish dolmens and passage graves (dysser and jættestuer)
Denmark's megalithic tombs belong to the Funnel Beaker culture of the fourth millennium BCE. They fall into two main kinds, dolmens (dysser) and the larger passage graves, with a long passage leading into a chamber. Nordic megalith architecture, the style found especially in Scandinavia and northern Germany, emerged mainly between 3500 and 2800 BCE. In Scandinavia the sites are classed under general terms such as dolmens, passage graves and stone cists, in contrast with the many subtypes of the German tradition.
The great passage graves show how large these tombs could be. Kong Svends Høj on the island of Lolland is a large rectangular mound surrounded by kerbstones about 1.5 metres high, among the tallest recorded in a Neolithic tomb, and covers a chamber 12.5 metres long; the gable stones are almost 4 metres high. Excavation was first attempted there in 1780. Kong Asgers Høj on Møn has a chamber 10 metres long and 2 metres wide with a passage 7.5 metres long, and it was reused for secondary burial in the Corded Ware period. In 1839 the merchant Gustav Hage opened it hoping for treasure and found it empty.
Folklore: the king's names given to these graves come from later tradition and have nothing to do with the Neolithic builders. They show how people over the centuries explained monuments they could not date.
Dating combines radiocarbon dates on bone and charcoal in the chambers, pottery and the architecture. Many dolmens have lost their mounds, leaving the stone skeleton.
When visiting, look for the kerbstones around the base, the capstone and its supports, and the passage entrance.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Nordic megalith architecture, Wikipedia: Funnel beaker culture, Wikipedia: Kong Svends Høj, Wikipedia: Kong Asgers Høj, Wikipedia: Dolmen · CC BY-SA 4.0
See it in 3D
An interpretive reconstruction of the monument, standing on the real ground at its exact point, under the sun for that place and season. Drag to look around it.
The reconstruction is ours, not a survey: it shows what a monument of this type looks like, at the size the record gives for this one.
Photographs
2 photographs, each with its author and licence
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Lore
Evidence & Lore
What the sources actually support — and, kept apart, what has been claimed.
What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 3500–2800 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for dolmens in Denmark; this site has not been dated itself. Danish dolmens (dysser) 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
- 55°44′23″ N, 12°08′14″ EFor a GPS or map app: 55.73969, 12.13721
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
Hødysse3500–2800 BCE- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Vestl.Rævhøj3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Grydehøj3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Spraglehøj3500–500 BCE
- DolmenHovdysse3500–2800 BCE
- Megalithic long barrowGulddyssen3500–2800 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Lille Stengelhøj3500–500 BCE
- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)Taagerup3500–500 BCE
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Sources
Every record behind this page, with the link it came from.
2 sources behind this page
- 01Wikidata Q21768418wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
Image files
- Thoradysse (8959252773).jpgAndreas Peter MadsenCC BY-SA 2.0
- Dysse ved Heinstrupgård (8960447280).jpgUploaded by palnatokeCC BY-SA 2.0
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Around this place
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Credit
Text, licence and sources
Text from the Wikipedia article "Thoradysse von Gundsømagle" (German), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; authors are listed in the page history. Reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikipedia · Edit history and authors