More than 5000 years old passage grave. One of the largest and one of the better preserved megalithic complexes on the island. Great view from the hill.
Hesthøj (German: "Horse Mound") is a passage grave on Søvej near Martofte on the Hindsholm peninsula in the northeast of the Danish island of Funen. It is one of the largest megalithic structures on the island. The passage grave is one of the better preserved of the 500 preserved megalithic tombs of this type in Denmark. It dates from the Neolithic period around 3000 BC and is a megalithic structure of the Funnel Beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a type of Neolithic megalithic structure consisting of a chamber and a structurally separate, lateral passage. This form is found primarily in Denmark, Germany, and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. The structure, excavated in 1880, lies in a round mound without any recognizable edge stones. The megalithic structure, approximately eight meters long, 1.6 meters wide, and about the height of a person inside, has 17 supporting stones and seven capstones. The long corridor has seven preserved supporting stones and one capstone. Mårhøj is only about 1,000 meters away.