Ancient monuments and burial mounds on North Funen
North Funen has been a well-populated area for thousands of years, and you can see it in the countryside, where there are many burial mounds and other exciting monuments of our past. Find the most beautiful monuments and look up how to get there!
Nordfyn’s past is right there in front of you - in the large burial mounds, passage graves and dolmens. And don’t forget Glavendrup, which has both Bronze Age burial mounds and a Viking Age ship setting. Nordfyn has been fertile farmland for thousands of years, and until the large land-reclamation projects from the 1700s, big parts of Nordfyn were closer to the sea and fjord than they are today.
That’s why there are still more than 40 burial mounds and other ancient monuments left in the Nordfyn landscape. Many old houses and manor estates on Nordfyn were also built using stones from these sites. Back then, the monuments weren’t protected, so farmers and landowners reused stones from ancient tombs in their own buildings. When you go for a walk in Nordfyn’s forests, you can also spot burial mounds.
Here you’ll find a list of some of the burial mounds and other monuments that are easiest to visit.
Find the burial mounds of North Funen!
Finshøj - Round barrow near Nørre Højrup
Finshøj is a mound from the Stone Age, but even more importantly, it is the home of the angry troll Fin - so please don't disturb him too much!
Glavendrup Stone - Runic stone in Skamby
North Funen's Viking Age is very close in the Glavendrup grove, where you will find a large stone ship and the Glavendrup Stone with Denmark's longest runic stone inscription.
Gåsestenen (the Goose Stone) - Passage grave near Emmelev
You'll find the goose stone not far from Otterup, and it has nothing to do with geese, but is in fact an exciting burial chamber from the Stone Age.
The passage grave in Skamby
You can get close to the Stone Age by the passage grave in Skamby where you can see the great work our ancestors did to make a house for the dead.
Kappendrup Kirke Dolmen
Kappendrup Church is not a church at all, it is a huge long barrow from the Stone Age in the town of Kappendrup on North Funen.
The Long Barrow at Stensby
At Sandvad close to Søndersø, you'll find a little stone dolmen from the Peasant Stone Age, where you can also feel the mysterious cup and ring marks.
Thorshøj Round Barrow at Skamby
Thorshøj by Skamby is a burial mound from the Bronze Age and at the same time North Funen's largest mound - with a beautiful view!