Thursday 13th July 2017 – Sakskobing, Denmark

Just over the bridge on Zealand there is a 20km (12 mile) long narrow peninsula called Knudshoved Odde owned by the Rosenfeldt Estate. The ready availability of food made this a popular place in Neolithic times and they left their mark in the form of burial mounds all over the land. The estate has looked after the peninsula, protecting it from development and there are no villages, only individual houses.

A small charge is made to park on the peninsula and from Monday to Friday it is possible to drive to a car park six miles in, half way down the peninsula. We parked there and then walked three miles to the narrow causeway through the lovely countryside and views on all sides across the sea to land beyond. It was so peaceful with birdsong accompanying us all the way and cormorants passing us every few minutes. We had a picnic lunch on the other side of the causeway and then set off for the return to the van. We drove back down the dirt track to an earlier car park at the point where the asphalt road started. Here we had a cup of tea and inspected the passage grave and dolmen in the car park.

Driving back down the peninsula we took a look at the remains of two burial mounds that we had noticed on the way. We also stopped at the magnificent manor house of the Rosenfeldt Estate surrounded by huge farm buildings.

We had intended to visit the museum in Vordingborg but had enjoyed walking on Knudshoved Odde so much that we had run out of time. We returned to Sakskobing and, given that the weather was windy but otherwise lovely, warm and dry, we took another look at the town centre. We got as far as the harbour with its houseboats and yachts – very pretty.

Photos: The Rosenfeldt Manor House at the mainland end of the peninsula; One of the many Neolithic burial mounds on Knudshoved Odde; An passage grave left exposed after it had been excavated; The narrowest part of the peninsula, a causeway that leads to the last section; The restored passage grave in the first car park; Some of the houseboats in Sakskobing’s harbour.