Cooking pit, Snejbjerg
Late Iron Age – Viking AgeSnejbjerg, Herning, DK
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Cooking pit in Snejbjerg parish, Herning Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 180314-124 (system no. 211333). Monuments dated 500–1100: 1 × Cooking pit.
Register note (Danish): Mulig”hørhejlingsgrube” A 31. Gruben 120 cm lang, ca 30 cm bred. Den var relativt rektangulær i sin grundform, med en del ildskørnede sten i den centrale del af fylden. Gruben var 10 cm dyb og undergrunden var let rødbrændt i et tyndt lag under gruben.
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Activity area
An area with traces of human activity such as cooking pits and hearths, without a recognised building.
What is a “Kokegrop”?
A cooking pit: a hearth pit lined with fire-heated stones, used to cook food and often found in clusters at gathering or ritual places.
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