Gantoftadösen

Gantoftadösen (or Jättestugan - "giant's home") is a partially destroyed dolmen in the area of Helsingborg in Scania, Sweden. The dolmen is registered with the RAÄ as Kvistofta 14:1 and was erected between 3500 and 2800 BC by members of the Funnelbeaker culture (TBK; Swedish: Trattbägarkulturen).

Gantoftadösen

The rectangular chamber was about 2.8 m long and 1.4 m wide. Three large support stones hold up a meter thick roof stone of 2.5 x 2.5 m, which is partially split in the middle. On the roof stone (Swedish: takhällen) are nine cup marks, the most common form of Nordish petroglyph.

See also

• Sliprännor i Gantofta

Bibliography

• Lars Bägerfeldt: Megalitgravarna i Sverige. Typ, tid, rum och social miljö. 2. Ed., Arkeo Förlaget, Gamleby 1992, ISBN 91-86742-45-0.
• Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Kopenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8, S. 253 (= Politikens håndbøger).
• Christopher Tilley: The Dolmens and Passage graves of Sweden: An Introduction and guide. 2009

External links

• Gantoftadösen – Entry in the Fornsök database of the Swedish National Heritage Board (Swedish)