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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hulbjerg Jættestue - Passage Grave in Denmark in Fyn, Langeland and Islands

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hulbjerg Jættestue Alternative Name: Holbjerg, SB 090306-72
Country: Denmark County: Fyn, Langeland and Islands Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Rudkøbing  Nearest Village: Bagenkop
Latitude: 54.736040N  Longitude: 10.686840E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Tonnox visited on 11th Nov 2020 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

combuijs visited on 23rd Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Superb site, one of the best in Langeland. The approach as described by Drew Parsons is lovely as the entrance can be seen from afar. Inside there are some lintels at the left side, probably to support the structure. I guess they are modern?

praeceptor visited on 1st Jan 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

DrewParsons have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4.33

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : The elegant barrow... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hulbjerg is a restored passage grave in southern Langeland. Travel from Rudkøbing almost to the end of the island on highway 305.

2.5 km before Bagenkop, highway 305 bends west and at this point look for Gulstavvej which continues southwards, take this lane. After approximately 1.5 km turn west (right) onto Søgårdsvej and the site is approximately 1 km along this lane on the north side of the road. The site is just a few metres from the road.

Hulbjerg is another Funnel Beaker Culture site, and one that is lucky to have survived, for in 1874 when Petersen of the National Museum surveyed the immediate area there where seven passage graves and dolmens within a square kilometre of this site. Towards the end of the 19th century all the other passage graves were levelled. However, the efforts of Hakon Berg of the Langelands Museum saved Hulbjerg for posterity. He undertook excavations and then a major renovation programme in 1960 - 1961. The entire chamber had become filled with earth and so the task was a formidable one taking a couple of years. Finds included a number of skeletons, two pots, amber beads and flint tools. The site is 21 metres in diameter with a height of 2.5 metres. There is an impressive chamber approximately 6 metres long and 2 metres wide reached along a passage. The whole site is circular and the main mound of the tomb stands on a lower mound giving a two tier effect. This is an excellent site to visit!!

References:
Nationalmuseet website: www.natmus.dk/sw45608.asp
Fund og Fortidsminder website: www.kulturarv.dk (SB090306-72)
Sydlangeland Brochure from the Langeland Tourist Office in Rudkøbing
Oldtidsminder På Langeland from Rudkøbing Tourist Office


More information at www.kulturarv.dk: Danish Sites and Monuments Record: 090306-72
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Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : The entrance to the passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Flickr : Hulbjerg jættestue Site in Svendborg (Fyn South + Langeland) Denmark Image copyright: photophobia.dk, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : View from the passage looking out... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Flickr : Hulbjerg Passage Grave Site in Svendborg (Fyn South + Langeland) Denmark Scanned Slide Image copyright: demeeschter (Marc Hagen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Langeland The chamber - September 2009

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Langeland Orthostats and packing between them..

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Langeland The chamber...

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : View along the passage...

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons : Kerbstones and dry stone wall infilling...

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Johnpeter : Site in Fyn, Langeland and Islands Denmark

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Johnpeter

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Johnpeter

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox : Hulbjerg Jættestue. Passage grave. 13,5 x 13,5 x 2,5 meter. Restored in 1961, 1990 and 2010. Chamber 6,5 x 2 meter. 3 capstones and 13 uprights. Foto nov. 2020

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox : Hulbjerg Jættestue. Foto nov. 2020

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Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

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Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

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Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

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Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

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Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

Hulbjerg Jættestue
Hulbjerg Jættestue submitted by Tonnox

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Video: Hulbjerg Jættestue by holger_rix on Saturday, 10 October 2015
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Re: Hulbjerg Jættestue by combuijs on Sunday, 09 August 2015
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Superb site, one of the best in Langeland. The approach as described by Drew Parsons is lovely as the entrance can be seen from afar.

Inside there are some lintels at the left side, probably to support the structure. I guess they are modern?
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Re: Hulbjerg Jættestue by praeceptor on Monday, 31 January 2011
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Watch this Danish spoken video about the recent restauration of this fine Jættestue. Even if you can't understand Danish you can watch the arhaeologists working inside the burial chamber.

http://www.kulturarv.dk/alt-om-fortidsminder/pleje-tilskud/video/restaurering-af-hulbjerg-jaettestue/
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Re: Hulbjerg Jættestue by praeceptor on Monday, 08 November 2010
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I've just added a few new photos from the Hulbjerg Jættestue because the archeologist Svend Illum Hansen just has finished his repair and restauration work here.

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