Mistery Castle from Bronze Age

In 2010 the short excavations of the Castle in Timmesøbjerg on the island of Møn was finished. But it took a long time for archaeologists to get permission to excavate. As a result, a group of Danish archaeologists made ​​a rare discovery. The castle on Møn is much older than previously thought.

 

Early researchers thought that the castle was built during the Middle Ages, but the carbon analysis and a number of additional data showed that the lock can be dated to the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1100-500 BC) - namely, a transitional period from Bronze to Iron Age.

"In other places in Denmark, there are several Iron Age fortifications. But not the end of the Bronze Age, "- said the chief archaeologist of the Museum of Vordinborg Kristoffer Buck Pedersen, who led the excavations.

"Carbon tests can give inaccurate results for the period between 800-300 BC, - he says - but there are signs that this area has been some activity in the late Bronze Age. Quite a number were found more than 100 burial mounds of this period. About a few kilometers down the coast and found a huge store of the same time (the objects that were buried or sacrificed). According to Kristoffer Buck Pedersen, considering all the circumstances can be confident in the result.
 
The castle is located on the steep hill 113 meters high in the town Timmesøbjerg. Kristoffer Buck Pedersen describes the hill as the ideal place for the defensive positions of the castle. Thanks to the dual defense system of the castle, he had to be virtually impregnable.

Archaeologists hope that further studies of the mysterious castle will be able to shed more light on the life of the Bronze Age in Denmark.

The results of scientific research has not yet been published.

By materials JP.dk