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Frejlev Skov Bautasten

Trip No.100 Entry No.6 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir) Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Log Text: A lovely route from Maribo is along Holtegård, Søholt, Voldsted and Nysted to Vantore. From there follow directions to Nykøbing Falster until Frejlev Skov is signposted to your right. Drive along the edge of the wood almost until the end, there is a small parking place on your left. Walk a few 100 meters into the wood and follow a turn to your left. After a few 100 meters you will find the long barrow on your right side. Just follow the footpath and this stone will show up amongst a myriad of other possible structures.

Frejlev Skov Kong Grøns Høj

Trip No.100 Entry No.5 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4

Log Text: A lovely route from Maribo is along Holtegård, Søholt, Voldsted and Nysted to Vantore. From there follow directions to Nykøbing Falster until Frejlev Skov is signposted to your right. Drive along the edge of the wood almost until the end, there is a small parking place on your left. Walk a few 100 meters into the wood and follow a turn to your left. After a few 100 meters you will find the long barrow on your right side. After visiting keep exploring the wood and you will find lots of scattered stones with bewildering possibilities...

Frejlev Skov Langdysse 3

Trip No.100 Entry No.7 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3

Log Text: A lovely route from Maribo is along Holtegård, Søholt, Voldsted and Nysted to Vantore. From there follow directions to Nykøbing Falster until Frejlev Skov is signposted to your right. Drive along the edge of the wood almost until the end, there is a small parking place on your left. Walk a few 100 meters into the wood and follow a turn to your left. Just after the turn this long barrow is on your left side, about 30 meters from the road. Easy to overlook as I did on the way in...

Frellesvig Langdysse 1

Trip No.100 Entry No.105 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Fyn, Langeland and Islands)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 2

Log Text: From Pæregård Kong Renes Høj go along the way westward. After 50 meters turn left onto an unpaved road. A 4 wheel drive is advisable, otherwise walk. After 800 meters you will find a farm. Both langdysses are just south of that farm. You have to pass through a wheat field and I could not find a public footpath, although I think there should be one. Hard to reach in summer.

Frellesvig Langdysse 2

Trip No.100 Entry No.104 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Fyn, Langeland and Islands)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 2

Gammel Lejre Skibssætning

Trip No.100 Entry No.36 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Stone Circle Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: The shipsetting itself is ruinous, but the full landscape is really fascinating here. A walk to the Ravnshøj on the other side of the brook will reveal this (see pictures). You really wonder if the strangely shaped Hestebjerg was the place where it all started.

From Roskilde take road 14 to Ringsted and immediately turn right in the direction of Ledreborg. After about 6 kms turn right in the direction of Gammel Lejre and Lejre Forsøgscenter. Park at the center and enjoy your walk.

Glavendruplunden

Trip No.100 Entry No.108 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Carving Country: Denmark (Fyn, Langeland and Islands)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Log Text: Easy to find, signposted from Søndersø on the 311: Odense - Bogense. Lots of parking space.

In July 2015 there were some new explanation boards on the site:

The site at Glavendruplunden contains monuments from the Bronze age, Viking age and 1900s.

Two barrows, Flinthøj and Rævehøj, were constructed in the Early Bronze age, more than 3000 years ago. The most famous monuments at Glavendruplunden, however, are the stone ship and the great runic stone from the Viking age.

Today, all the heritage assets on the site have been designated as scheduled monuments, but just 200 years ago they were on the point of being lost to quarrying. Not until 1892, the entire site was scheduled, to preserve it for future generations.

By the 1900s, interest in prehistoric monuments was flourishing, and local residents formed the "Friend of the Glavendrup Stone" society, which planted the greenery around the ancient monuments. The society raised monuments for the Danish constitution in 1915, for the reunification with Southern Jutland in 1920 and the liberation from Germany in 1945.

The two barrows date from the Bronze age (1700-500 BC) and were used for burials for several centuries. Rævehøj was excavated in 1958 by Fyns Stiftmuseum. The excavations revealed that the barrow was originally 14 m in diameter and edged with kerbstones. The barrow held four burial chambers. In one of the burial chambers, a bronze wrist hanger was found together with charred bones. The other graves were from the late Bronze age. After the excavation, the southern end of the barrow was reconstructed.

In the case of Flinthøj, only a small part has been excavated. This revealed traces beneath the barrow of ploughing using an ard. This tells us that the land was under cultivation before the barrow was built. Like the stone ship, the barrows were disturbed by quarrying in the 1700-1800s.

The most famous site at Glavendruplunden is the stone ship form the early 900s, and the large Viking Age monolith, which bears Denmark's longest inscription on a rune stone. On discovering these great stones, locals quarrying for gravel nearly demolished them for use in buildings, stone walls and bridges.

All four monuments are positioned on one line. Its direction is somewhere between E-W and ENE-WSW.

Glentehøj (Birket)

Trip No.100 Entry No.2 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: From Maribo follow road 289 to Birket. In Birket turn right to Ravnsby. Before entering Ravnsby turn left following Glentehøj signposts. Parking space available. If you walk past the three mounds you will see the modern Dodekaliten stone circle.

Gravhøj ved Højby

Trip No.100 Entry No.39 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: From Lejre take road to Højby, aptly called Højbyvej. At fork in the road follow directions to Rorup (you guessed it, Rorupvej). Turn right on the first road and park there. The monument is on your right.

Gribskov Jættestue

Trip No.100 Entry No.46 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Passage Grave Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5

Log Text: Better known as Mor Gribs Hule (Mother Grib's Cave). It is nicely restored but the capstone is missing.

From Hillerød take road 251 to Helsinge. After about 3 km there is a parking place on your left. The monument is on the other side of the road.

Gribskov Megalitgrav

Trip No.100 Entry No.47 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Couldn't find on 14th Jul 2015

Log Text: Should be findable from Gribskov parking place but no such luck...

Grønnæssegård Karlsstenen

Trip No.100 Entry No.55 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Log Text: Impressive stones on a nice location. We cycled from the Sølager camping site (near the Kulhuse ferry) along the Grønnehavevej, which makes a nice quiet short 2 km tour. Would not recommend doing this by car though. Grønnæssegård is indeed privately owned, but they have signposted a route to the monument.

Grønsalen Grønjægers Høj

Trip No.100 Entry No.24 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5

Log Text: Well signposted, ample parking place, and while you are at it, visit the Fanefjord church as well.

Very impressive site.

Halskov Runddysse

Trip No.100 Entry No.16 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: From Nykøbing Falster follow road 271 to Stubbekøbing. In Horreby turn right to Karleby, in Karleby turn left to Meelse, in Meelse turn right to Bregninge. Do not follow the road to Halskov, instead drive through Bregninge and follow signs to Halskov Vænge. Park there and walk amongst the monuments.