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Museum Sønderjylland Archaeology
Date Added: 2nd May 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Would like to visit
Museum Sønderjylland Archaeology submitted by Alta-Falisa on 29th May 2019. Museum Sønderjylland Archaeology. Museum of Archaeology of Southern Jutland. Photo : May 2019.
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Vittrup Langdysse
Date Added: 2nd May 2022
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Would like to visit
Vittrup Langdysse submitted by holger_rix on 18th Aug 2013. Long Barrow 40 x 6 m, 1 m high.
14 m from the west end Burial Chamber
consisting of 4 uprights and capstone (Urdolmen).
Kerbstones: N 15, S 15, E 3, W 2
A picturesque and well maintained barrow,
easy to find and not far from the road...
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Jelling Runesten
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Jelling Runesten submitted by DrewParsons on 11th Oct 2009. Site in South Jutland (Sønderjylland) Denmark: King Harald Bluetooth's stone
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Log Text: The rune stones are now protected from the weather by glass cases. The carvings are a bit faded, but still very visible!
Kongernes Jelling Museum
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Kongernes Jelling Museum submitted by holger_rix on 9th Jun 2011. Kongernes Jelling Museum
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Log Text: Wonderful little museum on this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sønder Bøel Jættestue
Date Added: 29th May 2022
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Would like to visit
Sønder Bøel Jættestue submitted by PeterR87 on 6th Aug 2013. Site in Ribe Denmark
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Rugballe Grønhøj Jættestue
Date Added: 27th Sep 2022
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rugballe Grønhøj Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons on 11th Oct 2009. Site in Vejle
The front on the tomb. This magnificent site is located close to Horsens in Jutland.
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Log Text: Wonderfully preserved megalithic tomb! I almost freaked out with joy when I was there!
Læborg Runesten
Date Added: 27th Sep 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Læborg Runesten submitted by Boeddel on 9th Apr 2015. Photo by Bøddel. 2010
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Log Text: The rune stone is right in front of the church. Parking is a bit limited so you have to walk a few meters. But otherwise an enormously impressive rune stone!
Bække Skibssætning
Date Added: 27th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bække Skibssætning submitted by Janek on 8th Jan 2021. Bække Skibssætning
Pic from Juni 2013
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Log Text: Unfortunately, the rune stone shows strong signs of weathering. Otherwise the place is really impressive!
Jelling Rundhøj 2
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Jelling Rundhøj 2 submitted by holger_rix on 9th Jun 2011. Kong Gorms Høj
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Log Text: Simply one of the biggest tumului I've ever seen so far. Extremely impressive.
Jelling Rundhøj 1
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Jelling Rundhøj 1 submitted by holger_rix on 8th Jun 2011. Dronning Thyras Høj
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Log Text: Also extremely impressive like the southern tumulus. The fact that you can climb both by well laid out stairs is an absolute "must done before leave".
Jelling Skibssætning
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
Jelling Skibssætning submitted by holger_rix on 9th Jun 2011. A huge ship-shaped stone circle.
(Kongernes Jelling Museum)
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Log Text: Unfortunately no longer recognizable today. However, the outlines in the area were traced by plates.
Skarrev Myrpold Runddysse
Date Added: 27th Mar 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Skarrev Myrpold Runddysse submitted by holger_rix on 3rd Aug 2010. Stone Age Burial Chamber "Myrpold", oriented SSE-NNW.
The chamber is placed on four stones in ENE, four of WSW and two of NNW-end.
In front of the chamber a passage to SSE along its length with a stone on each side. On the actual chamber is a large and a small capstone, respectively,
2.35 x 2.25 x approx. 1 m and 1.80 x 1.10 x 0.75 m.
Chamber measures exterior 5 x 3 m, height approx. 1.70 m,
4.50 m inside (of the real chamber 3.10 m) x up to 1.75 m wide,
height approx. 0.75 m.
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Log Text: The road conditions to the megalithic grave are not exactly the best. So you should maybe take a slightly longer hike into account.
Innisidgen Upper
Date Added: 22nd May 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Would like to visit
Innisidgen Upper submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. SV 9220 1265
This entrance grave on St. Mary's comprises a 26' diameter mound and an 18' long entrance passage roofed with 5 large capstones.
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 7th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Stonehenge. submitted by dodomad on 11th May 2022. Much of the project research & excavation was on National Trust land. "The discovery of the largest known Early Mesolithic pit in NW Europe shows that this was a special place for communities 1000s of years before the first stones were erected."
Geophysical sensors, excavations and computers reveal millennia of prehistoric Stonehenge land use
Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Ghent University (Belgium) have discovered hundreds of possible large prehistoric pits – and ...
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Ty-Lia (Île Grande)
Date Added: 3rd Sep 2022
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Would like to visit
Ty-Lia (Ile Grande) submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. Allee-couverte surrounded by stones marking the edge of the mound.
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Champ Dolent Menhir
Date Added: 7th Sep 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Would like to visit
Champ Dolent menhir submitted by rw1 on 2nd Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Mané-Brizil Dolmen
Date Added: 7th Sep 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Would like to visit
Mané-Brizil dolmen submitted by binardino on 14th Jun 2006. Mané-Brizil dolmen
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Dolmen du Moulin des Oies
Date Added: 7th Sep 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen du Moulin des Oies submitted by ShamrockStone on 25th Mar 2016. Dolmen du Moulin des Oies
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Badenstedt Steingrab
Date Added: 3rd Mar 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Badenstedt Steingrab submitted by holger_rix on 11th Aug 2007. A restored stone tomb in the Steinahlkenheide.
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Log Text: From the information board on site:
The oldest complex in this prehistoric burial ground is the stone grave.
According to a report from 1841, the burial chamber, which was already damaged at that time, was called "Steinhaus" - "Stone House" or "Hünenkeller" - "Giant Cellar"; around 1871 it was romantically called "Fürstengruft" - „Prince Crypt“.
Like all similar complexes from this age, the stone monument served as a family crypt around 2500 BC.
All the gaps between the large boulders were wedged with rubble stones and covered with clay on the outside. The whole burial chamber was hidden under a mound of earth. Neolithic grave goods have not been preserved here.
During the archaeological investigation in 1978, one capstone and 5 torn apart, partly damaged carrier stones were still present. A capstone had already been removed around 1920 and used as a war memorial.
The administration of the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) restored the complex based on the excavation findings using the example of other stone graves. The remaining stones were moved together in a new arrangement.
Steinfeld Steingrab 2
Date Added: 3rd Mar 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Steinfeld Steingrab 2 submitted by AlexHunger on 1st May 2006. This relatively compact Alee Couverte consists of 8 uprights while 2 out of 3 cap stones survive. A fragment of the 3rd lies just beside the tomb. Archeologists presume the former tumulus was surrounded by kerbstones.
The site has been restored since Sprockhoff's survey in the 1930s.
North South Orientation.
61 Meters Altitude
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Log Text: From the information board on site:
From 2700 to 2000 BC the stone graves served our oldest farmers as crypts.
The huge boulders could be moved and lifted by a few people with lever bars and rollers. The transport was best done on hard frozen ground. The capstones are hewn on the sides so that they could form a closed ceiling. There were gaps between the side stones. From this it can be seen that the cap stones were first brought into their final position on a mound of earth or wooden scaffolding and the side stones were fitted individually underneath. For this purpose, the gaps between the supporting stones were required as space for movement. All holes and gaps were wedged with rubble stones and sealed from the outside with clay. The whole complex has had a round mound over it.