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Hovslund Strangelshøj
Date Added: 13th Sep 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Dec 2013. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Hovslund Strangelshøj submitted by Alta-Falisa on 27th May 2019. The "Bautasten" '(Standing Stone) of Strangelshøj. May 2019.
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Vedsted Langdysse 1
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Langdysse 1 submitted by holger_rix on 30th Jul 2010. A mighty Long Barrow, 115 m long of NE-SW direction, 8-12 m wide.
Earth mound from 1.50 to 2.00 m high.
15 m from NE-end a hole of 6 m diameter.
9 m from this a similar hole, equal to the mound bottom; herein seen
two large, significant land covered stones from a destroyed chamber.
14 m, 20 m and 32 m from barrows SW-End seen similar holes of robbed
chambers. (Distances are measured to the centers of the holes).
In the middle are two stones blasted, in the southernmost two other b...
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Vedsted Langdysse 2
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Langdysse 2 submitted by holger_rix on 31st Jul 2010. Long Barrow, 92 m long NE-SW, 10 m wide.
It was build side by side with the even longer 115 m 'Vedsted Langdysse 1'.
Earth mound from 1.50 to 2.00 m high, somewhat disturbed by excavations.
10 m from barrows SW-end a hole straight to the hill bottom, about 7-8 m wide.
Herein seen a bursted stone, most likely one of a chambers orthostats.
22 m from SW-end a similar hole with opening towards N.
34 m from NE-end a third hole.
Only a small number of kerb stones survived, most of them ...
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Vedsted Jættestue 1
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Jættestue 1 submitted by holger_rix on 31st Jul 2010. Remains of a kerbed Round Barrow 1.2 x 16.0 m.
Excavated and restored 1968, a stone chamber with passage.
The hill is surrounded by a rim stone chain,
which is only interrupted in the W side of the hill.
In the south side a visible chamber oriented NS, set of three pairs side stones
and three capstones in continuation of the passage consisting of eight orthostats
of which two are shared with the chamber, and another capstone.
The height of the chamber is about 1 m.
Part of t...
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Vedsted Runddysse 1
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Runddysse 1 submitted by holger_rix on 30th Jul 2010. Partially disturbed Round Barrow. Earth mound is still 1 to 1.25 m high,
15 meters diameter. 22 kerb stones in place. Some have been removed,
but have been replaced.
In the middle was a large chamber, which is now quite covered with earth.
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Vedsted Langdysse 3
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Langdysse 3 submitted by holger_rix on 31st Jul 2010. Long Barrow, 52.50 m l in NE-SW, 11 m wide.
Earth mound from 1.75 to 2.25 m high.
Midst of this a hole, the chamber has been robbed.
Of chambers seen a side stone towards W, 1.50 m x 0.50 m, partial
covered with soil, and a burst stump. 6 kerb stones, partly bursted,
at the west side, 4 against south, 2 against north.
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Vedsted Jættestue 2
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Vedsted Jættestue 2 submitted by holger_rix on 31st Jul 2010. Round Barrow, "Holmshøj", 3.25 m high, 26 meters diameter.
Top flat, slightly sloping towards NE.
Inside the barrow, the northern half of a burial chamber.
The chamber has been restored in a questionable way several years before 1927.
(danish text: 'en ret daarlig' = 'rather poor')
A modern passage is leading into the tomb from east, the original
passage is missing.
In the chamber the seven northern upright stones are original,
two stones against west, three against north, ...
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Vedsted Langdysse 4
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Vedsted Langdysse 4 submitted by holger_rix on 1st Aug 2010. The eastern half of a long barrow (25 m long in E-W, 9 m wide).
Mound 1 to 1.25 m high; somewhat disturbed by excavations
and holes at the foot from kerb stones taken away.
Roughly in the middle of the earth mound is an excavated chamber
without capstone(s), with a length direction E-W.
Chamber now totally hidden by the earth mound which lies
above the carrier surface of the stones edges.
Chamber consists of five stone: a very large stone in the N-side,
one on each end and two s...
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Over Jerstal Jættestue 1
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Over Jerstal Jættestue 1 submitted by holger_rix on 28th Jul 2010. 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 ...
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Over Jerstal Runddysse 1
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 5
Over Jerstal Runddysse 1 submitted by holger_rix on 29th Jul 2010. Destroyed Round Barrow, not exceeding 1 m height.
In its interior an approximately 1 m deep hole, 2-3 m wide.
Several large, blasted stones, probably from a ruined stone chamber
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Over Jerstal Jættestue 2
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Over Jerstal Jættestue 2 submitted by holger_rix on 28th Jul 2010. The very small entrance.
suitable only for 1 year olds and dwarfs.
Round Barrow, 1.75 m - 2,20 m tall, 17-18 m diameter, shape is somewhat
vague and not easy to determine. Top flattened and the surface uneven.
Mound encloses a stone grave, from east a 5.60 m long passage.
Chamber of irregular shape, 4 m long of NE-SW, 2.25 m wide in the middle,
narrower at the ends, 1.60 m high formed of nine stones
(in NW 3, in SE four of which the second of N is somewhat shifted,
and one f...
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Dalby Vagthøj
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dalby Vagthøj submitted by praeceptor on 2nd Jul 2011. Site in Holbæk Denmark
In front Dalby Vagthøj, in the background Dalby Rævehøj
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Dalby Rævehøj Jættestue
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dalby Rævehøj Jættestue submitted by praeceptor on 2nd Jul 2011.
Site in Holbæk Denmark
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Dalby Sandhøj
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Dalby Sandhøj submitted by XIII on 12th Jul 2015. Photo of Dalby Sandhøj
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Kirke Helsinge Lindehøj
Date Added: 19th Aug 2015
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Sep 2013
Kirke Helsinge Lindehøj submitted by XIII on 12th Jul 2015. Photo of Kirke Helsinge Lindehøj taken from the top of Dalby Vagthøj.
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Niløse Langdysse 2
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Niløse Langdysse 2 submitted by francescomanconi on 14th May 2012. Site in Holbæk Denmark
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Niløse Runddysse
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Niløse Runddysse submitted by francescomanconi on 13th May 2012. Dolmen in the garden of the farm Bregentvedgaard, on the top of a small hill.
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Østrup Langdysse
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Østrup Langdysse submitted by maddy on 6th Nov 2011. July 2011
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Nationalmuseet (National Museum)
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Nationalmuseet (National Museum) submitted by praeceptor on 25th Apr 2011. The famous Gundestrup Cauldron. From the museum website: "Silver was virtually unknown in Denmark when this large cauldron of nine kilos arrived in the country in around 100 BC. ... it was produced in the southern Balkans by Thracians, who specialised in the manufacture of luxurious silverware."
Museum in København, Denmark.
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Hesede Runddysse
Date Added: 11th Jul 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hesede Runddysse submitted by XIII on 11th Jul 2015. Hesede Runddysse
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