Lindholm Høje, Archaeological burial ground in Nørresundby, Denmark.
Lindholm Høje is a burial ground on a hilltop near Nørresundby featuring around 682 graves and 150 boat-shaped stone formations scattered across the landscape. The site overlooks the Limfjord and preserves settlement remains that were protected by sand deposits over centuries.
The site was a Viking settlement with burial practices between 500 and 1000 CE before sand drifts covered and preserved the grounds. This natural sealing allowed graves and settlement traces to survive intact to the present day.
The stone arrangements show how Vikings honored their dead and expressed their beliefs about the journey to the afterlife through ship-shaped forms. You can see today how these layouts reflected the spiritual ideas of that time.
The hilltop offers clear views of all graves and stone formations, though paths can be muddy after rain. The connected museum displays artifacts and provides background information to help you understand what you're seeing on the grounds.
Beneath the sand surface, old plow marks from the last Viking farming around 1000 years ago remain visible like frozen traces of daily labor. These furrows show exactly how people worked the land before it was buried by sand.
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