Range of hills of Lejre

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The series of hills of Lejre consists of seven Bronze Age hills, which are located east of Lejre on the Danish island of Zealand, orientated from northwest to southeast. They are called: Uglehøj (Owl Hill), Hvilehøj, Rynkebjerg, Landevejshøjen, Højby Høj, Kongehøjen (King's Hill) Stærkodders Høj and Mysselhøj.

Mysselhoj
  1. Uglehøj, the northernmost, is close to modern buildings, north of the railway line in Lejre Stationsby ( location ). Originally there were two other hills here, all known as Uglehoje. The other two were razed in connection with the construction of the railroad.
  2. Hvilehøj is located in Lejre Stationsby south of the railway line ( location ). It may have been called Tårnhøj in the past and, apart from Uglehøj, is the only one that was not dismantled in connection with the construction of the railway.
  3. Rynkebjerg, east of Lejre , measuring 15 × 15 m , is located in the midst of modern buildings ( location ). Due to its location on a slope, it appears even larger than it is four meters high. It has a flat crest and an excavation in the southwest.
  4. Landevejshøjen in the north of Højby ( Lage ) was named in 1970 by the President of Lejre Fredningsforening, the late Leif Less Overgaard Jensen. It's where the old country road ran. Since then, an entire suburb has been named after the hill.
  5. Højby Høj, an approx. 3 m high hill of 20 × 20 m, in the middle of the suburb Højby, with a flat top and a depression in the middle, is hidden behind trees in a garden ( location ). MB Macke-Prang wrote in Sognebeskrivelsen in 1941: The 4 × 15 m round hill is located on the slope in the grassy field. So in 1941 the hill was even higher and more compact and the houses were built later.
  6. The approximately 3.25 m high Kongehøjen measures around 21 × 21 m and is located at the southern exit of Højby ( Lage ). It is either excavated or sunk in the middle. The hill was used as a practice area (Danish Skydehøj ).
  7. Stærkoddershøj is the southernmost in the series of Bronze Age burial mounds near Lejre. Stærkoddershøj is north of the road from Højby to Roskilde ( Lage ). The name first appears on a map from 1896, so it is questionable whether the legendary Skåne hero is buried here. Starkotters grav is also the name of a rectangular, rose- like stone setting from the Germanic Iron Age (0–600 AD) near Matsfors , 17 km west of Sundsvall in Sweden . The name probably ties in with the depiction of the warrior Starkotter in Erik Julius Biörner's Nordiska kämpa dater, published in 1737 .
  8. The unexcavated Mysselhøj is about a kilometer west of Gammel Lejre .

literature

  • Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Viking trip . Koehler, Herford 1985, ISBN 3-7822-0360-7 , pp. 156 .

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