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Tvedeskov Jættestue
Trip No.100 Entry No.102 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Fyn, Langeland and Islands)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tvedeskov Jættestue submitted by maddy on 27th Aug 2008. Site in Denmark
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Log Text: From Tranekær take road to Stengade. After 1 km turn left (follow cycling route 81) into the wood. After a sharp bend to the left the site is signposted on the right (east). No parking place, but it is a very quiet road. After a short walk you will see the monument.
It is still impressive, even with both mound and capstones missing. Intrigueing construction, lovely restored. It was excavated in 1978. In front of the entrance there was a large heap of potsherds, remains of offerings of earthenware vessels with food, which the surviving relatives put there.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 1
Trip No.100 Entry No.54 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 1 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
This is the last monument you will encounter, Langdysse 2 is close by.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 2
Trip No.100 Entry No.53 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 2 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
From Langdysse 3 continue along the forest road. After a few 100 meters there is a path to the left, which will bring you to Langdysse 1 and this one.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 3
Trip No.100 Entry No.52 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 3 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
From Langdysse 4 continue along the forest road. After a few 100 meters the monument is on your left side.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 4
Trip No.100 Entry No.51 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 4 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
Either continue from Langdysse 6 on the left fork or follow the right fork past Longdysses 5 and 7 and turn left at split in the road. The first one is faster, the second one takes you along other long barrows.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 5
Trip No.100 Entry No.50 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 5 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
Continue from Langdysse 6 on the right fork of the road. It is on your left side after about 200 m.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 6
Trip No.100 Entry No.48 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 6 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
From the parking place turn left onto the forest road. Walk for over a kilometer until the road forks. The monument is now on your right.
Valby Hegn Langdysse 7
Trip No.100 Entry No.49 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 1 Access 3
Valby Hegn Langdysse 7 submitted by praeceptor on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Frederiksborg Denmark
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Log Text: Welcome to megalithic wonderland! Make a nice tour through the woods and visit 7 long barrows!
From Helsinge take road 223 to Valby. Turn right in the direction of Helsinge camping. Just after the camping there is large parking place on your left. We have cycled from there to the monuments, but a walk is certainly feasible, it's about 2,5 km (one way...). Pick up a leaflet at the parking place (in our case they were out of stock though).
Continue from Langdysse 6 on the right fork of the road. Turn left at split and then it is on your left side just before the road splits again. You won't miss anything if you miss it though...
Æbelnæs Jættestue
Trip No.100 Entry No.23 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Møn + Lolland-Falster)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 10th Jul 2015. My rating: Ambience 2
Æbelnæs Jættestue submitted by DrewParsons on 21st Dec 2009. Approaching the mound across the field from the road
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Log Text: From road 287 Bogø island to Stege go right into the Sparresmindevej after the village of Damholte. You will find the site on your left (north) from the road. No parking place available, but it is a quiet road. In summer 2015 there was no obvious way to the grave. It is locally known as Sparresmindestue.
Øm Jættestue 1
Trip No.100 Entry No.37 Date Added: 25th Jun 2016
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Øm Jættestue 1 submitted by Armand on 18th Jan 2011. Site in København Denmark
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Log Text: Øm sweet Øm (free after Kraftwerk). Very well preserved passage grave. From road 14 Roskilde to Ringsted turn right in the direction of Øm. The monument is signposted from there. It has a large parking place. At the parking place you will find a leftover from an archeological experiment that investigated how the the capstones could have been placed. On the left side there is a footpath that brings you to the passage grave.
From the info panel:
One autumn day in 1932, the sons from Øm Abbey Farm were sent into the field to dig potatoes. In their lunch break, they sat themselves down to enjoy their packed lunch on the raised mound by the field overlooking Ledreborg's forest. Quite by chance they discovered a hole in the top of the mound. They dropped a stone into the hole and there was a hollow CLONG - there was a tomb in the mound! On their next day off they looked for the entrance of the tomb and they entered the tomb chamber by removing the inner capstone over the chamber passage. Their efforts did not bring them any great riches however. They "only" found flint tools, a clay vessel as well as bone and amber beads, which lay among piles of bones from generations of people buried in the Neolithic period.
In the Neolithic period the 6.8 meter long, narrow chamber in Øm passage grave was completely covered over. From the outside only a small access opening a the foot of the mound was visisble.
The finds of bronze objects in the chamber and in urns buried on the outer side of the mound show that Øm passage grave was reused as a burial place right up to the Bronze Age around 700 BC - i.e. around 2400 years after the grave was constructed by Neolithic farmers.