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Valther Forest, Emmen
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D40 is the most impressive of this trio of 'grafheuvels' in the Valther Forest just north of Emmen. It would be a fairly long walk to them from the road, so risking the wrath of the forest ranger and being completely unable to read the signs, I drove up the sandy forest track until we found them in a bright forest clearing. You approach D40 first, which is the most complete of the trio. Two great capstones are supported by six sidestones which seemed to us to have more beneath the ground level than above. Strike off to the west for 20 metres through the low growing heathers and you find D38 and D39. All three have distinct round raised ringed walls of sand hinting at the size and scale of what once must've been quite a necropolis of round barrows. |
Posted by Jane30th July 2007ce |
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