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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Jættestue (Passage Grave) in Munkebo (Fyn)
A beautiful popular monument lying in the factory area of Munkebo.
A tall, 1.60 m tumulus, 13.50 m in diameter from NW to SE, 7 m from the NE to SW:
this irregular shape is obtained by excavation.
Mound encloses a small excavated passage grave. Chamber 3 m in E-W, 2 m wide,
1.75 m high, set of 8 carrying stones.
One capstone on the chamber's western half, the eastern half is open.
Passage from SSW, 2.50 m long, set of 5 construction stones
(2 against ENE, 3 against WSW).
Capstones of the passage are also lost.
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