Borremose

Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars [1]. Borremose is known for and identified with a former fortified settlement dating from the Pre-Roman Iron Age (400-100 BC) [1]. It was constructed during the 4th century BC, as one of the largest structures of its kind in Northern Europe, but was already abandoned during the 2nd century BC, when the houses were burned down and the whole site levelled to the ground [1]. The fortified settlement of Borremose comprised a 140 x 90 m gravel bank surrounded by a moat with earth mounds on the inner side and connected to dry land by a 150 metres artificial cobbled road [1]. At least four bog bodies have been found at Borremose [1]. Three well-documented bodies were recovered during postwar peat cutting, one each in 1946, 1947 and 1948 [1]. Borremose Man was discovered in May 1946 in the southern part of the bog, about 0.5 m below the surface and beneath a layer of birch branches [1].