Kong Asgers Høj is a large
passage grave
A passage grave or passage tomb consists of one or more burial chambers covered in earth or with stone, and having a narrow access passage made of large stones. These structures usually date from the Neolithic Age, and are found largely in Wester ...
on the island of
Møn in
Denmark
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The megalithic structure dated to Neolithic
Funnel Beaker culture. The grave consists of a chamber (10 m long by 2 m wide) with a long passage (7.5 m long). This type of graves is found primarily in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, and occasionally in France and the Netherlands.
Study of King Asger Høj began in 1839, when the Danish merchant Gustav Hage tried to find a treasure, found it empty. The grave is structurally untouched since ancient times, but may have been cleared then. It was used as
Secondary burial
The secondary burial (German: ''Nachbestattung'' or ''Sekundärbestattung''), or “double funeral”Duday, Henri, et al. The Archaeology of the Dead: Lectures in Archaeothanatology. United Kingdom, Oxbow Books, 2009. (not to be confused with dou ...
for
Corded Ware culture
The Corded Ware culture comprises a broad archaeological horizon of Europe between ca. 3000 BC – 2350 BC, thus from the late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and ending in the early Bronze Age. Corded Ware culture encompassed a v ...
period.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062329/http://www.insula-moenia.dk/kong_asgers_hoj.html
* http://gg.campacasa.eu/Archaeology/Tours/Denmark_Sverige_2004/Denmark_Sverige_2004.htm#Kong%20Asgers%20Hoj
Location map at www.visitvordingborg.dk
Megalithic monuments in Denmark
Møn
Archaeology of Region Zealand
Funnelbeaker culture
Corded Ware culture
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