Low Countries · Farstep pack

Hunebed D27 in 3D

Drenthe · the largest dolmen in the Netherlands

Borger, Drenthe, the Netherlands

Fifty-two hunebedden, megalithic tombs, survive in the Netherlands, almost all in Drenthe. D27 at Borger is the largest: 22.5 m long, with nine capstones on 26 uprights, raised around 3400 BC by the Funnelbeaker people. The stones are Scandinavian granite carried here by the ice sheet; hunebed means giant's bed.

Where: Borger, Drenthe, the Netherlands
Length: 22.5 m
Stones: Nine capstones on 26 uprights
Built: Around 3400 BC, by the Funnelbeaker people

Walk Hunebed D27 in 3D

A real-time 3D model, built from open elevation data and published measurements. Loads 2.2 MB when you start.

Hunebed D27

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Terrain from open elevation data · a 3D reconstruction, not a photograph · tags as in the app

What you'll find in the walk

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The largest hunebed
Known
Fifty-two hunebedden survive in the Netherlands, almost all in Drenthe. This one, D27, is the biggest: 22.5 m long, nine capstones on 26 uprights, raised around 3400 BC by the Funnelbeaker people.
Ice-age boulders
Known
The stones are Scandinavian granite, carried here by the ice sheet some 150,000 years ago. The builders had no other rock on this sandy plain.
Giants' beds
Folklore
Hunebed means giant's bed. For centuries locals assumed only huunen, giants, could have lifted the capstones, each of which weighs up to 20 tonnes.

How to visit in real life

D27 stands in woodland at Borger, free to walk round, next to a museum about the hunebedden. Many of the others lie along cycle routes across Drenthe.

Access, seasons and permits change: check locally before you go.