architecture

Northern Jelling Mound

Jelling, Southern Denmark, Denmark

Thyras høj [Danish]

Dronning Thyras Høi [Danish]

full/alternative names

Thyras Mound

built

around 950 to 965

culture

Danish, Viking

work type by function

burial mound, archaeological site

material

earth-fill

patronage

Gorm the Old

height

7.5 m

diameter

60.0 m

local language location name

Jelling, Danmark [Danish]

type

cultural

criteria

III

designation

1994

extension

2018

reference

697bis