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Prinsehøje Burial Mounds

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Prinsehøje Burial Mounds

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Prinsehøje Burial Mounds

Name: Prinsehøje Burial Mounds
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Location: Odsherred, Zealand, Denmark

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April 9, 2023

Prinsehøje are two burial mounds that lie next to each other. Frederik VII, who was very interested in archaeology, had one mound excavated when he was crown prince. Hence the name Prinsehøje. Unfortunately, we do not know what he found in the grave.

The excavated mound dates from the Stone Age, approx. 3,500 BCE In the cover stone you can see 19 bowl signs. These are rock carvings – small depressions which are believed to be symbols of fertility. A narrow passage leads into the dowel chamber on the excavated mound.

The western mound is probably from the Early Bronze Age, approx. 1800-1000 BCE An old crooked oak grows here. The oak was protected in 1907. Prinsehøje are two of a total of 55 burial mounds in Kongsøre Forest.

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