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Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

Natural Monuments

Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

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Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

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Location: Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

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1. Westerheide Heathland Trail – Tearoom 't Bluk loop from Baarn

22.8km

01:29

70m

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2. Gravel path at Bussummerheide – Zuiderheide loop from Hilversum Media Park

22.4km

01:40

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Vitavinas 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇳🇱

July 14, 2024

There are still 14 burial mounds in the Goois nature reserve. One of these burial mounds is located here. These may not be entered as they are protected monuments. The burial mounds are the only visible remains of our ancestors and date from the Bronze Age (2000-800 BC).

At that time, the Gooi was a wooded landscape. The later deforestation of the forest created the first moors here. In these early moors, people built burial mounds in honor of their deceased, in which sand and turf were layered on top of each other. These are circular burial mounds with a height of 0.5 to 1.5 meters and a diameter of 5 to 10 meters.

The cremated remains were placed in bronze urns. Other additions included daggers, an axe, bronze bracelets, arrowheads and tools made of flint or a drinking cup for the afterlife. Some finds have been collected in museums such as the Hofland Geological Museum and the Goois Museum. Most finds are kept in the provincial archaeological depot in the Huis van Hilde in Castricum.

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Jan van den Hoff 🌲

September 16, 2024

Beautiful views over the heath.

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Location: Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

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Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

1. Westerheide Heathland Trail – Tearoom 't Bluk loop from Baarn

2. Gravel path at Bussummerheide – Zuiderheide loop from Hilversum Media Park

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