DENMARK

DENMARK.

Norden issues. 
Troldkirken dolmen and small map of Denmark.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 24.03.1983.
Face value: 3.50 Danish krone.
Design: Claus Achton Friis (1917-1999).
Engraving by Czesław Słania (1921-2005).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 9,300,000 copies.
Size: 31 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 770.
- Michel No. 773.
- Scott No. 736.
- StampWorld No. 776.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 758.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 776.

Troldkirken is a Stone Age long barrow, situated near the village of Sønderholm, north of the Jutland Peninsula. The long barrow was constructed at some point during the Funnelbeaker culture 5–6,000 years ago and is marked out by forty-seven megaliths. Placed on the top of the barrow, is a polygonal chambered dolmen, with a large capstone. The whole monument is some 50 meters long. The name Troldkirken means both “Church of the Troll” and “Church of Sorcery” in Danish. There are several tumuli and dolmens in the area. The barrow is a protected site since 1809 and was one of the first pre-historic relics, to be protected by law in Denmark. Today The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland in Aalborg attends the barrow.

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).