Hør fortællingen om Kongehøjen

The King's Mound is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved Stone Age graves we have in Denmark and is really worthy of its name.

Excavations in 1961 and the subsequent restoration of the long barrow showed that it was built in the Funnel Beaker culture in the middle of the Neolithic Age around 3,200 BC. It was thus erected long before Denmark became a real kingdom in the Viking Age. The particularly impressive thing about the long barrow is the almost intact boundary stone chain (1) with a total of 62 stones along the foot of the mound, as well as the two very well-preserved burial chambers that the mound hides. Part of the explanation for the dolmen being so well preserved lies in the fact that it was voluntarily protected as early as 1892, and perhaps also in the fact that, according to popular belief, people could be very hurt if they broke the stone circle around the dolmen or otherwise assaulted it.

You can listen to the story of the King's Hill below.

 

If you want to find more stories from Himmerland, you can download the GoLittle app or see them here.

 Supported by the project: Restart Denmark - Much more than just Denmark