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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Høj Stene Alternative Name: Vejerslev SkibssætningCountry: Denmark
NOTE: This site is 7.179 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Midtjylland Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Silkeborg Nearest Village: Kongensbro
Latitude: 56.304240N Longitude: 9.681630E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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According to the new excavations and finds, the former ship setting of Vejerslev ("Høj Stene") is dated to around 600 AD and is therefore late Iron Age in Denmark and not Viking Age. According to more recent information on the investigations into the ship setting, it may be the oldest royal tomb in Denmark. Remarkable gold finds show that the ship setting framed a cremation grave again from the late Danish Iron Age (550-750 AD).
The first written mention comes from the time of Christian V. (1646-1699) with the designation "Høys Steen". Between 1763 and 1781 information can be found in "De danske Atlas" e.g. by Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764). It states that the ship setting near the Gudenå, southwest of Vejerslev in Jutland, stretches between two burial mounds over a length of about 100 paces. According to reports from the teacher J. Christensen, it had a length of about 88.0 meters and a maximum width of 13.0 meters. The 16 stones preserved at that time stood at a distance of 2.0 m to 4.0 m and were between 1.9 and 2.5 meters high. According to the report, the great northern stone was 4.5 meters long.
The pointed-oval ship setting is said to have originally consisted of two rows of 12 railing stones each plus the two stones on the two burial mounds. According to the sources, the ship setting was northeast of the Kongensbro across the Gudenå about 170 m from the Gudenå, between two burial mounds with a diameter of 14.0 to 16.0 m. According to reports, in 1743 stones were removed from the ship's setting. The remaining stones were taken away about 100 years later. In 1929, Johannes Brøndsted (1890–1965) tried unsuccessfully to locate the ship's setting.
The Moesgård-Museum conducted excavations in 2013 that enabled to relocated the original ship setting. The reconstruction of the monument was also carried out under the direction of the museum and was inaugurated in 2020.
Wonderful description with a video (all in Danish) can also be found at the Moesgård Museum website: https://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/
Fortidsminder: https://www.kulturarv.dk/fundogfortidsminder/Lokalitet/34373/
Some photos before the reconstruction can be found here: http://www.wikinger-in-daenemark.de/
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