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Burial cairn, Bodilsker

Late Iron Age – Viking AgeBodilsker, Bornholm, DK
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Burial cairn in Bodilsker parish, Bornholm Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 060201-120 (system no. 638). Monuments dated 375–1066: 1 × Burial cairn, 1 × Burial ground, 1 × Stone cist grave. Protection text (Danish): Gravplads med 26 røser (5336:32-5336:57).
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Burial cairn

A grave marked by a heap of stones rather than earth, common on rocky coasts and headlands where soil is thin.

What is a “Gravrøys”?

A burial cairn: a grave covered by a heap of stones rather than earth, common along the coast where soil is thin.

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