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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rugballe Grønhøj Jættestue Alternative Name: Rugballegaard
Country: Denmark County: Syddanmark Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Horsens Nearest Village: Hatting
Latitude: 55.871199N Longitude: 9.787162E
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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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4 Access:

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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4 Accuracy:

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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 22nd Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Wonderfully preserved megalithic tomb! I almost freaked out with joy when I was there!

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.67

**Rugballe Grønhøj Jættestue** submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Vejle The front on the tomb. This magnificent site is located close to Horsens in Jutland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Jættestue (Passage Grave) in Vejle

Round Barrow with enclosed Passage Grave 'Grønhøj', 1940 excavated and restored.
The mound measures approx. 20 m in diameter and is approx. 2.75 m high. There is a passage inside from the mound's south-east side.
The chamber measures approx. 3.50 x 2.75 m and is 1.5 to 1.7 m high with set of 8 carrying stones and covered with 2 capstones. The passage, which measures approx. 4 x 1 m and is about 1 m high, has a set of 4 stones in the south-west side, 3 in the north-east side and toward the chamber is covered with 3 capstones.
The spaces between the uprights of the chamber and the passage are filled with flat tile-like stones (drywalling).
The mound is surrounded by 60 approx. 1 m tall kerbstones, where space is also filled with smaller tiles.

(text is a loose translation from kulturarv.dk by holger_rix)

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