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Since moving to Denmark, my husband and I have developed a fascination with the burial mounds that can be found over most of the country. Most are around 3000 years old and are just piles of dirt. Some have stones arranged on top. There are many though that have been excavated and then some have even been "renovated" so one can see how beautiful they once were.

These were originally communal graves that were made of huge stones, and people of importance got to be buried inside of them. What I find so interesting is that this is as close as we can get to see something like a cathedral from that time period, in Denmark. These places are really amazing, when considering how little they had to work with when making them.

I've been trying to get a good picture of the inside of one of them and this is the first photo that I've managed to take that actually shows something well. Notice the details of the small stone piles in between the huge stones. Notice the size of the ceiling stone. Anyway, I hope this may give you some appreciation for these places too.

Oh yes, this is a grave located in a field outside of the city of Kragnæs on the island of Ærø.