Grave Mound No 2 is the largest of this group of seven barrows. This composite of two photographs shows the entire mound (with its summit fenced off), which is probably 4 metres tall and well over 20 metres wide.
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Grave mounds 1 and 2, which almost overlap, viewed from the north. Mound No 1 is the leftmost of the pair in this view.
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This is the view of Grave Mound No 1 first seen from the path on approaching the Hoorneboegse Heide.
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Grave Mound No 2 is the biggest on this site, rising to an impressive 4 metres in height.
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Grave Mound No 3
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Grave Mound No 4
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Grave Mound No 5
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Grave Mound No 6 is a fairly inconspicuous heather-covered mound, no more than a metre in height.
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Grave Mound No 7 is barely recognisable and could easily be discounted as a mere undulation in the terrain. The fact that it is fenced off is all that gives the game away.
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This map indicates the positions of the seven Grafheuvels in the Hoorneboegse Heide, located just south of Hilversum.
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Visited: July 1, 2016
Hoornboegse Heide is an area of heathland in het Gooi Nature Reserve, situated on the southern margin of Hilversum, popular with walkers, many exercising their dogs. It is easily accessible by following Utrechtseweg for 1.6 kilometres south of the city then heading to the right along Horneboeglaan. This is a narrow woodland road serving several properties on its south, but after 500 metres the trees to the north peter out and the heath (heide) is revealed.
Almost immediately two huge mounds come into view, Grave Mounds No 1 and No 2, which are so close together that they virtually overlap. The pair are fenced off, but I estimate both to be around four metres high and in the region of 20+ metres wide.
No more than 100 metres to the north, Grave Mounds 3 to 6 stretch in an east-west row. All are smaller heathery mounds roughly 2 metres tall, none exhibiting any noteworthy characteristics.
Finally, another hundred metres or so to the northwest, is Grave Mound No 7. This is wholly unspectacular and, were it not for its surrounding fence, would almost certainly disappear into anonymity as just a low vegetated undulation in the heathland.
The numbering of the mounds follows the maps of the area prepared by Museum ‘Oer’, located in Ulft, Netherlands.
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