Busjop Burial Mounds

3,000 years ago, the ashes of the dead were buried after cremation at the Busjop Burial Field. The ashes were then placed in an urn or cloth, and the whole area was covered with a low mound of sods.Each individual received his or her own burial monument. By repeatedly creating a new mound near another, a vast burial or urn field was created. Over the course of five centuries, a "death landscape" of more than fifty burial mounds developed here.In 1951, the burial field was partially investigated, after which the urns and cremated remains ended up in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Due to the growth of trees and brambles, the mounds disappeared from view for a long time and fell into oblivion. In 2010-2011, the Dutch Forestry Commission, in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, cleared the forest, creating an open landscape. This ultimately led to the rediscovery and restoration of seventeen burial mounds.Source: visitnoordlimburg.nl/nl/grafveld-busjop

"... At the beginning of the Leudal nature reserve, near Busjop, you will find a number of burial mounds from the Bronze and Iron Age. ..."
hartvanlimburg.nl/de/locatie/wanderroute-heythuysen-entlang-der-kultur-und-der-grabhuegel

Nice starting point from Boscafé de Busjop for a nice walk.