Northeast Jütland

Jütland's northeast is also decorated whit many grave-mounds.

grave-mound near Aggersund

Trol Kirken - Sonderholm

Sonderholm is situated about 10-kilometres west of Aalborg. The megalithic grave-mound "Trolkirken" lays about one kilometre east of Sonderholm, direction Frejlev. After +- 1 km an exceptional road mark shows the way...

Trol Kirken: visible from far

Trol Kirken - The chamber

Trol Kirken - View on the chamber

It is impossible to take the more than fifty-meters long monument in one close picture. The hill is encircled whit 47 kerbstones. The tomb is orientated northeast. The kerbstones are clearly visible on Google Earth.

Trol Kirken - Sight in southwest direction

Trol Kirken - Sight in northeast direction

The panoramic sight on top of the hill is impressing, a wide view in all directions. "Trol Kirken" dominates the area. This is a typical location for a megalithic monument...

According a legend this long barrow received his name referring to of a troll that lived on the other bank of the fjord. The church bells of Sonderholm irritated the troll. So he throws a big stone to destroy the church's tower. The stone landed on top of the hill and is still visible as capstone of the tomb's chamber...

Store Monshoj - Kongerslev

Detail roadmap Denmark

On a roadmap it looks very promising, a megalithic monument marked whit a symbol...
But it rather earns effort the of making the detour, it is just a overgrown heap of stones. The capstones are disappeared,  the kerbstones nearly visible in the grass. Like this there exist many monuments in Denmark, neglected and forgotten. Although there is information panel...

Monshoj - Dolmen

Info panel Monshoj

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