Borre mound cemetery
Borre mound cemetery forms part of the Borre National Park at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. It is home to seven large and 21 smaller burial mounds. Excavations in the 1980s revealed that the oldest mounds date to 600 AD, i.e. prior to the Viking Age.Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Borre Church and Rørestrand.
Borre Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borre Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borre. It is one of the churches for the Borre parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti in the Diocese of Tunsberg. Borre Church is situated 660 metres west of Borre mound cemetery.
Borre ungdomsskole
School
Photo: PeterFisk, Public domain.
Borre ungdomsskole is a school, which is situated 1¼ km west of Borre mound cemetery.
Borre mound cemetery
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cemetery in Horten, Vestfold, Norway
- Categories: archaeological site, park, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.3834° or 59° 23′ 0″ northLongitude
10.47133° or 10° 28′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9FFG9FMC+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1710084597OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2624400
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Borre mound cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cementiri de Borre”
- Danish: “Borrehøjene”
- Dutch: “Borre mound cemetery”
- French: “cimetière de Borre”
- French: “Cimetière de Borre”
- German: “Borre Nasjonalpark”
- German: “Borreparken”
- German: “Gräberfeld von Borre”
- Italian: “Borrehaugene”
- Italian: “cimitero di Borre”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Borre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borre Nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borrehaugene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borreparken i Vestfold”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borreparken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borre nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borrehaugane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borrehaugene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borreparken”
- Norwegian: “Borrehaugene”
- Spanish: “Borrehaugene”
- Spanish: “Cementerio vikingo de Borre”
- Swedish: “Borrehögarna”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Borreparken and Gildehallen.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Prestegarden and Vasmarken.
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