Hvedshøj

The Hvedshøj (also called Ågerup Hvedshøj or Kæmpehøj) is a grave mound of 6.0 m in height and about 44.0 m in diameter. It is located on Hvehstrupvej, east of Ågerup and southwest of Hvedstrup, near Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand .

Around 1850 the pastor of Hvedstrup sentenced a young student to dig in Hvedshøj. He found the remains of an oak coffin and bronze objects : an awl , a hanging vessel , a button , a knife , a needle , tweezers, and a sword . The hilt of the sword was provided with a gold plate and wrapped with a thin, narrow gold ribbon. Due to the size of the hill and the finds, it is dated to the Middle Bronze Age (1800–1000 BC). Such mounds were infested from large amounts of turfbuilt. For a hill the size of Hvedshøj, grass the size of ten football fields was removed. Such a mound consists of good soil and it has always been tempting for farmers to dig up the mound.

The double- passage grave of Gundsølille and the Langdysser of Hvedstrup are nearby .

See also

• Døeshøjene
• Målerhøj

literature

• Elisabeth Munksgaard : Denmark: An archaeological Guide Faber London 1970 p. 50 ISBN 0-571-09196-2

Web links

• Description Danish and pictures

Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′ 38.2 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 20 ″  E