Cultural Heritage
Kakkelhaugen - Burial mounds
Situated along Gudbrandsdalsleden
7 burial mounds from the Iron Age.
These burial mounds are called "Kakkelhaugene". Tingelstadhøgda has a very rich cultural history. In the area surrounding Granavollen there have been recorded around 50 graves from BC to the year 1000. Many of these are still intact.
Some of the mounds have been plundered in the Middle Ages or later, while many are still intact. It was common to bury urns in the this early period. Remains from the funeral pyre were placed in urns made of clay or bronze, and placed in a burial mound or on the ground. I the graves there is often goods such as weapons, jewelry and clothing as well as tubs for food and drink. Three of the mounds are probably from 5. to 8. century AD. A fourth contains a grave from the Roman period, ie before 400 AD. One of the mounds is one of the larger mounds known in Hadeland. Several of the mounds have been excavated, and a number of artifacts have been found, including a bronze buckle, knife, potsherds, flint arrows and the bones and teeth of animals.