Ilsemade kilde
The Ilsemade kilde ( Danish also Helligkorskilde - German "Heiligkreuzquelle" ) is a holy spring on the Kattegat island of Samsø in Denmark . It is located on the western beach of the island near Vesterløkken, only about eight meters from the beach.
The well known for centuries is taken from a hollowed oak trunk . It is one of around 700 holy springs in Denmark, many of which have been dried up or removed.
The Danish National Museum examined the source in 1967. The C14 dating of the hollowed oak trunk produced the surprising result of 940 BC. BC - thus early Bronze Age . Similar data come from a Bronze Age settlement on the island of Møn .
Legend
Legend has it that a woman's corpse was driven ashore there, whereupon a spring sprang up. The woman's golden crucifix now hangs in Onsbjerg Church, where an inscription from around 1500 tells about the legend.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 28.6 " N , 10 ° 31 ′ 44.3" E