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Burial mound in Jelling parish, Vejle Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 170904-45 (system no. 59951). Monuments dated 900–1066: 1 × Burial mound, 1 × Inhumation grave.
Protection text (Danish): Tingl.: 9/1 1857. P. Mogensen og M.P. Bekke.
Afmærkn.: MS 1915, semnforst. Rørdam.
Matr.: På matr.nr. 51a, 51b, 51c af Jelling by er fredet en
1,55 m bred vej øst for og op til højen.
Høj, "Thyras Høj".
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Burial mound
An earthen mound raised over one or more graves. In Norway most date from the Bronze Age to the end of the Viking Age, and they often stand in groups along old farm boundaries.
What is a “Gravhaug”?
A burial mound: an earthen or stone mound raised over one or more graves, the most visible Viking-age monument in the Scandinavian landscape.
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