DISCOVER THE JÆTTESTUEN LUNDHØJ!

Thy's only preserved jættestue is located just north of Heltborg between the main road and the fjord.

A sign points down to the property Oddesundvej no.211, where you can park in the courtyard. From here it is a nice walk along a field road to Lundehøj, from where there is an exceptionally beautiful view over the Limfjord. Some say that on a clear day you can count 22 church towers from here.

The passage houses were built in the Neolithic period around 3,200 years before the birth of Christ. They got their name much later, when the giant giants were said to have built the great stone chambers.

Unlike the majority of burial mounds, the burial chambers were built with an entrance, so that the burial chamber could be used as a burial place for many years. The dead were often accompanied by personal equipment in the form of weapons and jewellery. Food and drink were offered outside the entrance.

When the owner of the mound wanted to build a brick kiln at the side of the mound in 1837, the entrance had long since been forgotten. Fortunately, two boys discovered the burial chamber and told the priest. The following year, Lundehøj was protected in return for compensation of 200 riksdaler from the royal treasury.

In addition to the main chamber, which is about seven metres long, the passage chamber in Lundehøj has a small bee chamber, which is about two metres on each side. The hive is a type that is particularly common in the area around Limfjorden. Lundehøj differs from other hives in that it has a stone with petroglyphs, which can still be seen in good lighting to the left of the entrance to the hive. The petroglyphs date from the Bronze Age and are therefore a few thousand years younger than the passage. The carvings include a human figure, a four-legged animal and a sun wheel.

Source: tohmas.dk