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You don't have to go far to the next pair
firstly Kong Asgers Høj
haven't been able to find anything more on a King Asger, he appears to be a purely folkloric figure

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Culburnie #ClavaCairn is one of three #ClavaCairns now within private gardens #TombTuesday

More pictures on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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a unusual feature of Klekkende Hoj is its terrace - you can still see a sort of processional walkway that encircles the mound, which survives from its original construction

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These all have a neolithic dating, loosely to around 3500-2800 BC
The mound is made mostly of sand & clay, with crushed flint packed in around the orthostats of the chamber to try & make it waterproof

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and the first stop: the incredible double passage grave of Klekkende Hoj

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So: Møn is a smaller island just south of Sjælland, the largest Island of Denmark (on which Copenhagen is located)

thankfully its close enough that you can drive onto it & as you do you can already see barrows dotting the landscape

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#TombTuesday & this week, a look at the incredible passage graves on Møn in Denmark 🇩🇰

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Monamore chambered cairn#Arran for #TombTuesday

Tuesday

#BluePlaqueTuesday
#Coosday
#EpigraphyTuesday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LibraryTuesday
#RaptorTuesday
#RedTuesday
#TerracottaTuesday
#TerrierTuesday
#TextileTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#TidesOutTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
#TimepieceTuesday
#TombstoneTuesday
#TombTuesday
#TongueOutTuesday

The entrance passage of Cuween Chambered Cairn in Orkney. The Neolithic tomb is also known as the ‘Tomb of the Dogs’ on account of the skulls of 24 dogs which were found along with human remains. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Orkney

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn, nr Kirkwall, Orkney 📷 15.05.22
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