Tustrup Dysser
Tustrup Dolmens · Tustrup Grave Field
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB / Tragtbægerkultur)·🇩🇰 Central Jutland, Djursland, Denmark
About
About Tustrup Dysser
Well-preserved Danish megalithic cemetery with three tomb types in 480 m line: Tustrup Dolmen (polygonal dolmen 3.5 m chamber with 5 orthostats), Snegaard Dolmen and Tustrup Passage Grave (Jættestue with 10 m passage) and temple-like cult building with postholes (possible early henge). Funnel Beaker Culture c.3200 BCE. Excavated by Kjærum 1953-58.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of timber cult house between tombs
Theories
- 01Proto-henge temple between tombs for funerary ritual
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB / Tragtbægerkultur)
- Purpose
- Megalithic cemetery with cult building
- Abandoned
- c.2600 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1953-58 Kjærum
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1005 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
56.4083° N · 10.5275° E · 45 m · 2 mapped features
Tustrup Passage Grave
passage grave10 m passage grave with chamber
56.4085° N · 10.5277° ECult House
posthole structure6x12 m timber posthole building between tombs
56.4083° N · 10.5275° E