Vejle County

Vejle County

Notable sites

The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his parents. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17683] C. Michael Hogan, "Jelling Stones", Megalithic Portal, editor Andy Burnham ] Encyclopedia Britannica considers the runic inscriptions as the most well known in Denmark. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=Jg8rAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22jelling+stones%22] Encyclopedia Brittanica]

The Haraldskær Woman is a bog body interred in about 500 BC, discovered in a peat bog with a remarkable state of preservation. [" [http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bog/gunhild.html Haraldskaer Woman: Bodies of the Bogs] ", "Archaeology", Archaeological Institute of America, December 10, 1997.]

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