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Stokkebjerg Skov Megalitgrav
Date Added: 14th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stokkebjerg Skov Megalitgrav submitted by kristiansen on 27th Nov 2017. Lommestenen
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Log Text: Love the duck on Lommestenen (the pocket stone, in the water below the burial chamber. An ‘erratic’ boulder left behind by the glacial ice some 17,000 years ago, it is reputed by legend to have been aimed by a giant across the Isefjord at the Church a couple of kilometres from here, but missed) a lot of photos of the rock are populated by kids...
Tyrebagger
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tyrebagger submitted by mattchapman on 29th Jun 2014. Winter 2014
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Stenstrup Troldhøj Jættestue
Date Added: 11th Jun 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stenstrup Troldhøj Jættestue submitted by 43559959 on 24th Apr 2012. The massive entrance and interior space of the tomb of Stenstrup Troldhøj Jættestue
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Log Text: This is NOT called Stenstrup Troldhøj Jættestue but Stenstrup Jættestuer. Troldhøjvej is near Nyrup, closer to Nykøbing, where there is also a fine tumulus, called Birkehøj.
Højby Langdysse
Date Added: 27th Oct 2014
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Højby Langdysse submitted by hughmdk on 17th Oct 2014. Long Barrow near Staarup between Hojby and Nykobing Sj. in Odsherred, north of Holbaek (Holbaek County ceased to exist on 1.1.207)
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Log Text: Beautifully situated just off a dirt track that's actually somebody's access road. The barrow is surrounded by a cultivated field so you can't get closer than about 20 m right now. Just a bit further along the road and off left is Syvhøj (seven mounds) of which one was removed in C19 to make roads. Great view all the way to Lumsaas on a clear winter's day (the trees get in the way in summer).
Hamlets Grav Langdysse
Date Added: 27th Oct 2014
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hamlets Grav Langdysse submitted by hughmdk on 15th Sep 2014. Site in Holbæk Denmark
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Log Text: In Grevinge Forest in Odsherred, north of Holbæk in Denmark. The Hamlet name was first associated with this Neolithic Long Barrow millennia after it was erected.
The small burial chamber was once almost entirely covered by a large mound. The surrounding stones kept the soil in place. There are several barrows in these woods.
Kong Øres Grav Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Oct 2014
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kong Øres Grav Langdysse submitted by hughmdk on 7th Oct 2013. Second picture of Kong Øres Grav, a dolmen in Kongsøre Skov (woods) in Odsherred (Municipality), which is NOT in "Holbæk County".
The cap stone was replaced during restoration in 1937, when several toppled edge stones were righted.
According to myth, the burial chamber once contained "a golden chain so long it could reach al the way to Stokkebjerg" (several km away).
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Log Text: This is a fascinating long barrow with a story attached. The site is on the single track through the woods to Sandskredet on the Isefjord.
It is nearer Nykøbing Sj. than Holbæk and it is in ODSHERRED.
Højby Toftebjerg Langdysse
Date Added: 17th Oct 2014
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 29th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Højby Toftebjerg Langdysse submitted by hughmdk on 3rd Oct 2014. Site in Holbæk Denmark
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Log Text: Beautifully situated to the right off the road from Højby to Tengslemark, close to the top of the ridge at 27 m above sea level. Until recently largely obscured by bushes and small trees.
According to the National Museum, the Toftebjerg Long Barrow is 15.5 m long and 8 m wide. The burial chamber is capped by a huge stone 2 m by 1.5 m and supported by 4 stones (originally 5).
Lovely views, to the East to Højby Lake and to the the North are the wooded hills at Klint with a glimpse of the Kattegat to the left of them.
Plejerup Langdysse
Date Added: 15th Sep 2014
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Plejerup Langdysse submitted by hughmdk on 14th Sep 2014. Site in Holbæk Denmark
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Log Text: Highly accessible and with a beautiful view of the Lammefjord and more, to boot. The pictures speak for themselves. More to come.