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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Møns SneglehøjCountry: Denmark
NOTE: This site is 0.983 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Møn + Lolland-Falster Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Stege Nearest Village: Keldby
Latitude: 54.993767N Longitude: 12.322400E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Boeddel visited on 22nd Jun 2018 - their rating: Access: 5
XIII visited on 1st Aug 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
maddy visited on 2nd Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Unremarkable and certainly not the only site with the spiral walkway.
praeceptor visited on 16th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.8
This mound has a spiral path to the top. At the top there is a height mark. Beside being a burial mound, it also has been used for an optical telegraph. This barrow also is printed on the new 500 kroner bank note.
Official description:
www.kulturarv.dk/fundogfortidsminder/Lokalitet/90490/<5>
Danish to English translation
Grave object, Bronze Age (dated 1100 to 501 BC)
Round Barrow, ancient (dating from 3950 to 501 BC)
1880 museum inspection
National Museum, Danish Department., Danish Prehistory
A mound near east of Annexgaarden. Condition: 1981: Deciduous trees and Needle Bushes / trees
1901 Danefæ statement at the National Museum
National Museum, Danish Department., Danish Prehistory
From B-7519, gold plated bronze knife.
1945 museum inspection
National Museum, Danish Department., Danish Prehistory
"Sneglehøj" 4x20 m. Path around; Flagpole at top; scattered shrubs.
1981 New inspections of protected sites
Forest and Nature Agency, 10 office
Mound, which measures 4.5 x 18 x 18 m. A spiral path around the side. Irregular top. Condition: 1981: Deciduous trees and Needle Bushes / trees
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