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long corridor and a circular mound. Finally we 

 reach a type where thin slabs are used in the 

 construction, and the mound completely covers 

 the cap-stones : here the corridor leads out from 

 one of the short ends of the rectangular chamber. 

 The earliest of these types in point of view of 

 development, the true dolmen, is common both in 

 Denmark and in South Sweden ; only one ex- 

 ample exists in Norway. In Sweden it is never 

 found far from the sea-coast. 



Fig. 9. Corridor-tomb, Ottagarden, Sweden. 

 (Montelius, Orient und Eitropa.) 



The corridor-tomb is also frequent in Denmark 

 and Sweden, though it is unknown in Norway. 

 In Sweden it is, like all megalithic monuments, 

 confined to the south of the country. Of the early 

 transition type with elementary corridor there are 

 fine examples at Herrestrup in Denmark and 

 Torebo in Sweden. A tomb at Sjobol in Sweden 

 where the corridor, consisting of only two up- 

 rights, is covered in with two roof-slabs instead 

 of being left open, shows very clearly the 



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