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Hovslund Strangelshøj
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hovslund Strangelshøj submitted by Alta-Falisa on 27th May 2019. Close-up. May 2019.
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Log Text: Just south-east and east of the runestone are two large and one small tumulus. The largest also has a megalithic stone.
Skovby Dyssekammer
Date Added: 15th Apr 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Skovby Dyssekammer submitted by holger_rix on 1st Aug 2010. A Burial Chamber surrounded by a now almost demolished Round Barrow.
Chamber restored 1937. Three orthostats preserved and a passage stone.
Capstone is 2 m x 1.90 m x 0.80 m, on the upper surface 11 cupmarks.
Chambers interior height from pit bottom to capstone is approx. 0.95 m.
No kerb stones.
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Log Text: The forest around the megalithic tomb has now been cleared and replaced by a new forest forest. Wonderfully located!
Ribe Viking Museum
Date Added: 2nd May 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Would like to visit
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Boeddel on 4th Apr 2015. Runestone in the museum.
Photo from 2013 by Bøddel.
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Museet på Sønderskov
Date Added: 27th Sep 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Museet på Sønderskov submitted by Boeddel on 9th Apr 2015. Runestenen fra Malt
Photo by Bøddel. 2013
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Log Text: Small privately funded museum, with a wonderful (albeit small) prehistoric exhibition. The rune stone really got me excited!
Bække kirke Runesten
Date Added: 27th Sep 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bække kirke Runesten submitted by Boeddel on 16th Jan 2022. Bække kirke Runesten
Photo by Bøddel / October 2010
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Log Text: This rune stone (like so many in Denmark) stands directly in front of the local church and is hard to miss. You can park right in front of him.
Starup Runesten
Date Added: 28th Sep 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Starup Runesten submitted by Boeddel on 9th Apr 2015. Photo by Bøddel. 2010
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Log Text: Beautiful rune stone. Like so many rune stones in Denmark in front of the church, it can hardly be missed as soon as you enter the site.
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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