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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Egtved Girl Barrow Alternative Name: Egtvedpigens gravCountry: Denmark
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County: Syddanmark Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Egtved Nearest Village: Vejle
Latitude: 55.616389N Longitude: 9.300000E
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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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The entire locale is known for its peat bogs and related preserving characteristics of these acidic anaerobic subsurface conditions. The original coffin and most burial remains have been removed to the National Museum of Denmark. Egtved Girl has been dated by dendrochronology applied to the coffin to 1370 BC. The barrow itself measured four meters in height and 30 meters in width..
Her height was 1.6 meters, and the state of preservation of her long blond hair and manicured nails provides a keen insight to hairstyles and fingernail care of the era. Egtved Girl is estimated to have been approximately 20 years of age at death and was found in decomposed skeletal form; buried with her were the cremated remains of an infant. Egtved Girl was clad in a string skirt, a short sleeved shirt, and was accessorized with a woven belt featuring a bronze spiked disc. She was found lying on a cowhide and covered by a coarse blanket made of wool. A birch-bark beverage container with remnants of a concoction of bog myrtle, cranberries and honey was found lying beside Egtved Girl.
Note: The Bronze Age Egtved Girl found in Denmark originally came from the Black Forest, more details in the comments on our page
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