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The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life, Whittle

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kinderballe Jættestue 1 - Passage Grave in Denmark in Fyn, Langeland and Islands

Submitted by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 23 December 2009  Page Views: 3386

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kinderballe Jættestue 1 Alternative Name: Vester Kirkemark, Knepholm, Tryggelev, SB 090307-10
Country: Denmark County: Fyn, Langeland and Islands Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Rudkøbing  Nearest Village: Kinderballe
Latitude: 54.798640N  Longitude: 10.687400E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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combuijs saw from a distance on 23rd Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 No parking place and no obvious path to be found

maddy visited on 31st Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4

praeceptor visited on 1st Feb 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.33

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by DrewParsons : View towards the passage.. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kinderballe Jættestue is described in the Danish National Archaeological database as a jættestue without a jordhøj as its mound had been mostly eroded away by the time of the 1933 survey of the site by the National Museum.

However, despite this somewhat off putting description I found this Langeland site to have a pleasant aspect and atmosphere and was glad to have visited it. The 1933 excavations revealed a dozen skulls, 4 flint spears, amber, potsherds and a flint dagger. The main finds were dated from the Funnel Beaker Period although some early iron age cremation material was also unearthed.

To reach the site drive south on highway 305 from Rudkøbing to Tryggelev. Turn west on Kinderballevej to Kinderballe village. Then turn south and join Ormstrupvej to continue south for approximately 250 metres past the village when the site should appear in a field to the west of the road. You need to cross a small strip of field to reach the site. In late September 2009 the fields were ploughed and access was easy, the local farmer waving in a friendly manner to me as he ploughed near the site.



More information at www.kulturarv.dk: Danish Sites and Monuments Record: 090307-10
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Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by DrewParsons : The mound and capstone.. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by maddy : July 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor : Site in Svendborg (Fyn South Langeland) Denmark (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by maddy : July 2011

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor : Site in Svendborg (Fyn South Langeland) Denmark

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor (1 comment)

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by DrewParsons : View past the site towards the farmer ploughing nearby...

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by DrewParsons : General view of the site.

Kinderballe Jættestue 1
Kinderballe Jættestue 1 submitted by praeceptor : Site in Svendborg (Fyn South Langeland) Denmark

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