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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Bygholm Long Barrow.
The Long Barrow is oriented east-west. It consists of a mound,
which measures 71 x 11.5 to 13.5 m, it is approx. 3.6 m high.
There are two stone rows arround the barrow.
The inner boundary stone chain consists of 71 stones in the south and 31 north.
The outer boundary stone chain is 1-2 m from the barrows foot. It consists of
31 stones (of which 18 in the north, all toppled, and most blewn up, 2 in east
and 11 south, where the 5 are overturned and bursted).
In the east part of the mound remnant of the chamber, consisting of a circular crater,
whose diameter is approx. 8 m.
The chamber had a passage to the south. Outside the inner boundary stone chain
2 x 2 carrying stones are preserved .
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