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Burial mound in Vesterborg parish, Lolland Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 070412-6 (system no. 3622). Monuments dated 750–1066: 1 × Burial mound, 1 × Brandgrav i trækiste.
Protection text (Danish): Høj, 1 x 12 m. Graner i skov.
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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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