Dolmen, with more of a focus on Dutch, north-west German and Danish ones, are mostly thought to be ancient graves. In the area I will be talking about they are most commonly made out of foreign scandinavian stones which were brought over here by ice in the last iceage. The culture that constucted these stones was the Funnelbeaker culture. These megaliths were constructed through simple manners such as rolling stones on logs to move them. There are side stones and top stones, and often an entrance on the long side of the structure. This would then be covered in a mound of dirt so all that is left is a sealed room. In the ground under and around our Dolmen ancient artifacts were almost always found. Mainly beads and arrow heads, but amber was not uncommon to find either.

For a long time it was believed these tructures were built by giants which is where it gets its dutch name from. Hunnebed. Giant's bed. Whereas other cultures believed in other mythical creatures such as dwarves, demons, druids, witches, wizards, and fae.

I impulsively wanted to visit some of these structures because I was bored and cold and thought going out of my way to be active and visit these places would do me some good. Which it most definitely did. I visited 11 of these structures in this one day, designated D7 through to D18 but skipping D9. It was quite fun to visit these structures, and also really interesting to see these structures up close. To admire just how big these stones are. At Hunnebed D14 I found a pile of papers I thought to be trash, they are all handwritten with maps on the back (Or the fronts, depending how you look at it them). This person's handwriting is godawful though, so deciphering what it says is quite hard. I asked around to some friends whether they could help, and someone told me it was likely written by someone who is known for talking about weird conspiracy theories surrounding the dolmen, and appears to believe in them too. Which honestly only made me more interested in these papers and what they say.

Another thing I wanted to mention is just how ass google maps is. It was quite an experience to hit unhardened paths and do laps in a forest while on a humble falling apart city bicycle. I got lost for over an hour in one small forest, and when I had finally gotten out, google maps led me straight back in. It was abhorrent, yet incredibly fun. For the rest the only uncommon run-ins were me seeing a feasant, a bull walking at me and two people whom I was speaking with, and a photographer asking to take pictures of me.