Burial mound near Lage Vuursche
Burial mound near Lage Vuursche
Near the village Lage Vuursche, half hidden beneath the trees, you can see many small hills. They are not natural hills, but burial mounds of the first settlers of this region. And they are old, very old. Most of them between 3,000 and 4,000 years old, some of them as old as 5,000 years.
We don’t know much about the people that built these burial mounds. They were farmers and shepherds, with cattle and crops. Archaeologists have found some copper objects, and discovered their agricultural fields (known as celtic fields).
The only way to see the mounds is on foot, walking through the forest between Lage Vuursche and Baarn. Unfortunately you can’t visit them, but you can clearly see them from the forest paths. You can reach Lage Vuursche by car or by bus from Hilversum train station.