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Round Barrow, 3 m x 17 m. From the east side leads an 8 m long passage (uncovered in 1931) into a chamber.
The chamber is 3 m in E-W, 1.50 m br., 1.40 to 1.60 m high.
Chamber is set by six carrying stones, two in the south side,
one in the west end, the north side two long stone, which the west has shifted somewhat and pushed a portion inward, especially at the top. 
The entrance from S-E is 0
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Round Barrow, 3 m x 17 m. From the east side leads an 8 m long passage (uncovered in 1931) into a chamber.
The chamber is 3 m in E-W, 1.50 m br., 1.40 to 1.60 m high.
Chamber is set by six carrying stones, two in the south side,
one in the west end, the north side two long stone, which the west has shifted somewhat and pushed a portion inward, especially at the top.
The entrance from S-E is 0.60 m wide.
Some of the intervals between carrier stones are filled with small stones.
The whole room is covered by one huge capstone, whose length and width can not be measured. The thickness is approx. 1 to 1.10 m above the entrance.

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