Archaeological Sites in Denmark
Agri Bavnehøj
A Bronze Age burial mound (c. 1800-1000 BC) atop a 137-meter hill near the village of Agri in Mols Bjerge National Park, Denmark [1]. The mound stands 5-6 meters tall, constructed from approximately…
Bejsebakke
Bejsebakke (also Sorthøj) is a prehistoric settlement in Aalborg, Denmark. It was a Bell Beaker settlement from the Late Neolithic and a settlement of the Late Iron Age [2]. Excavated in 1958 by the…
Borremose
Borremose is a raised bog in Himmerland, Denmark, famous for a Pre-Roman Iron Age fortified settlement and three naturally mummified bog bodies discovered between 1946 and 1948. The settlement, built…
Dankirke
Dankirke was an Iron Age and early medieval settlement in southwest Jutland, Denmark, near present-day Ribe. Elise Thorvildsen's excavations (1965-1970) uncovered approximately 3,000 square metres…
Egtved
Egtved is the site of a remarkably well-preserved Bronze Age burial dated by dendrochronology to 1370 BC. Discovered in 1921 by farmer Peter Platz in an oak log coffin within a barrow 30 metres wide,…
Endebjerg
Endebjerg is an excavation site on the Danish island of Samsø, revealing continuous occupation since the Early Neolithic period around 4500 BC [1]. The site was first officially excavated in 1988…
Gevninge
Gevninge is a village on Zealand, Denmark, 3 km north of Lejre, believed seat of the Scylding kings. Archaeological excavations revealed Iron Age and Viking Age occupation spanning 500-1000 AD. In…
Grønsalen
Gronsalen (Gronjaegers Hoj) near Fanefjord Church on the Danish island of Mon is Denmark's largest long barrow, measuring approximately 102m long and 11m wide. Dating to c. 3500 BC in the Neolithic…
Gryet
Gryet is one of Denmark's largest megalithic sites, located on the island of Bornholm near Nexo, with 66 preserved standing stones in a small wooded area on elevated ground once surrounded by water…
Gudme
Gudme, meaning 'home of the gods,' was one of Denmark's largest and wealthiest Iron Age settlements on southeast Funen, flourishing from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD with around 500 inhabitants across…
Hammerum Burial Site
A late Roman Iron Age (200-400 AD) burial site located 5 km east of Herning in central Jutland, Denmark. Discovered in 1993 during road construction, seven graves were found containing remarkably…
Hov Dås
Hov Dås is a large prehistoric burial mound in Jutland, Denmark, dating to 4500-3000 BC [1]. The site contains long barrows and a tumulus, representing Bronze Age burial practices [1]. It measures 54…
Hulbjerg Passage Grave
The Hulbjerg Passage Grave is a Neolithic passage grave on Langeland island, Denmark, located on a 15-meter hill south of Bagenkop harbour[1]. Dating to 3300–3200 BCE, it belongs to the Funnelbeaker…
Illerup Ådal
A river valley and major Iron Age weapon sacrifice site near Skanderborg in East Jutland, Denmark. Excavated from 1950-1956 and 1975-1985, the site yielded over 15,000 items including weapons and…
Klekkende Høj
Klekkende Hoj is a Neolithic passage grave on the island of Mon in Denmark, dating to approximately 3300-3200 BCE. It is the only double-passage tomb found on Mon, featuring two burial chambers side…
Kong Asgers Høj
Kong Asgers Høj is Denmark's largest passage grave, located on the island of Mon and dating to the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture around 3000 BC. The megalithic structure consists of a burial…
Kong Svends Høj
Kong Svends Hoj (King Svend's Mound) is a Neolithic passage grave on the island of Lolland in Denmark, north of Pederstrup, dating to around 3200 BC. Attributed to the Funnel Beaker culture, it…
Langdos
Langdos (meaning 'long mound') is the largest Bronze Age burial mound in Denmark, located in Thisted, Jutland. Originally 175 metres long, it now measures 140 metres and was built between 1800 and…
Lindholm Høje
Lindholm Hoje is a major Viking Age burial site and former settlement overlooking Aalborg in northern Denmark. The site contains around 700 cremation graves from the Iron Age and Viking Age, with…
Louisenlund, Bornholm
Louisenlund is one of Denmark's largest megalithic sites, featuring approximately 50 standing stones among the trees, many exceeding 2.5 metres in height[1]. Located 3.5 km east of Østermarie on…
Mandbjerghøj
Mandbjerghoj is a Bronze Age petroglyph site located next to the road through Oster Velling Skov forest, north of Oster Velling, west of Randers in Jutland, Denmark. The site features two small…
Nydam Mose
Nydam Mose (Nydam Bog) is an Iron Age sacrificial bog near Sonderborg, Denmark, where weapons and ships of defeated armies were ritually offered to gods between 200-400 AD. Excavated by Conrad…
Rispebjerg
A multi-period archaeological site on the Danish island of Bornholm containing Neolithic sun temple remains and Iron Age earthworks. The site features 5,000-year-old woodhenges dating to circa 2800…
Samsø
Samsø is a Danish island in the Kattegat sea, approximately 15 km off the Jutland Peninsula [1]. Archaeological evidence shows the island has been continuously occupied since the end of the last Ice…
Skelhøj
Skelhoj is a Bronze Age burial mound near the Kongea River in southern Denmark, measuring 30 metres in diameter and 7 metres high -- the largest of 26 monumental mounds in the area. Constructed…
Sømarkedyssen
Soemarkedyssen is a Neolithic megalithic tomb near Soemarke on the Danish island of Moen, dating to approximately 3400 BC. The burial chamber has an octagonal design with a large capstone resting on…
Stenseby Passage Grave
Stenseby is a Neolithic passage grave (jaettestue) near St Bodil's Church on the Danish island of Bornholm, discovered in the 1880s. In 1882, schoolteacher and archaeologist J. A. Jorgensen excavated…
Tønnesminde
Tonnesminde is an archaeological site on the Danish island of Samso, featuring a present-day organic farm built atop layers of human occupation dating to approximately 4000 BC[1]. Excavations have…
Troldborg Ring
The Troldborg Ring is an Iron Age fortification in Vejle Municipality, located 13 km west of Vejle at a natural spring on a high point overlooking the Vejle River Valley[1]. The fortified site…
Troldkirken
Troldkirken ("Church of the Troll") is a Neolithic long barrow near Nibe, Denmark, constructed by the Funnelbeaker culture around 3500 BC. The monument stretches nearly 50 metres long and 12 metres…