Hjelm Passage Grave

[Hjelm Passage Grave]

In beautiful surroundings lies this big 5200 year old passage grave.

The path to the grave is overgrown with hawthorn-bushes, and only the top of the entrance is visible. It is possible to enter the chamber but only with some difficulty. If you enter the gravechamber remember a lightsource and look out for the rock that sticks out from the ceiling so that you don´t bump you head into it.

The chamber is 9 meters long and 2 meters wide and was excavated in the year 1853 by one of the country's leading archaeologist, J.J.A. Worsaae. 15 buried persons were found during this excavation and pieces from 40 different earthenware pots. It was also protected by law in 1853.

The gravechamber lies in a northeast/southwest positionen and is fully covered by a mound. The entrance is 7 meters long and southeast oriented. The cover stones are missing on the outer part of the entrance. The gravechamber is covered with 6 enormous coverstones the biggest weighs up to 15 tons. The space between the borderstones are filled with smaller stonechips kalled a Dry-Wall (Tørmur).