叙尔特岛的考古遗址

Sylt's Ancient Heritage

Sylt’s landscape preserves a dense concentration of prehistoric monuments dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. This collection features the Harhoog and Merelmerskhoog passage graves, characteristic of the Funnelbeaker culture, alongside the Tinnumburg, an Iron Age circular rampart. Numerous tumuli, or burial mounds, like Tipkenhoog, are clustered near Keitum and Archsum, offering a physical record of the island's earliest settlements and ancient funerary traditions.

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Harhoog

The Harhoog is a dolmen, a rectangular megalithic tomb from the Funnelbeaker culture, located near Keitum on the island of Sylt in…

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Ganggrab bei Kampen

A Neolithic passage grave located near Kampen. This megalithic structure is a characteristic example of the communal burial sites built by the Funnelbeaker culture in Northern Germany.

Andreas Ständer / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Tipkenhoog

A significant Bronze Age burial mound situated in Keitum. It is located in close proximity to the Harhoog dolmen and is one of the island's most prominent tumuli.

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Tinnumburg

An Iron Age circular rampart featuring earthen walls approximately 440 meters in circumference. Originally used as a place of refuge and ritual, it remains one of the most significant archaeological monuments on the island.

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