Ancient monuments

In the shallow water a few hundred metres off the southern tip of Siø lies a long barrow from the Stone Age.

Two river markers mark the ravages of the storm surge on Avernakø.

The passage grave at Hulbjerg contains the remains of upwards of 60 individuals

The Bronze Age mounds are particularly prominent in the landscape in that they are located out toward a clear lowering of the terrain.

The religious world of the Bronze Age was probably the most colourful one in Danish prehistory

In the village Gudme there are traces of two large halls that have been construed as The Gudme Prince’s Hall and his hall of the gods.

Throughout most of the Viking Ages, an important trading post was located in a protected cove on the inside of the southeastern corner of Ærø out toward the Baltic Sea.

Søby Volde (Søby Ramparts) is a princely fortification on West Ærø

No matter where you are in the western part of the South Fyn Archipelago, Horne Kirke (Horne Church) is within view.

A unique example from more recent times of how landscape, nature, and strategic considerations may converge into one unit.

Naturally, the stonewalls bear witness to the many stones in the moraine landscape.

People used to say that Langeland had 15 mills, in Danish “15 bøller”, and 15 parishes.

Vejstrupgård built the current watermill in 1838. From 1850 to 1922 the mill operation also had a windmill.

One of the oldest watermills in Denmark for the milling of grain.

Damestenen (The Lady Stone) is Denmarks largest glacial erratic boulder

Rolfshøj, Rolighedsvej. Anes Høj, Ibjergvej. Bronzealderhøje, Hudevad Byvej 31. Long Barrows and hills.

In the 1200s most of the South Fyn Archipelago served as a deer park for the King.

On the seabed off Ærøskøbing lies Møllegabet - a more than 6,000-year-old settlement from the Mesolithic Age.

Lindelse Nor and the Strynø Basin together forms the finest example of the drowned landscape of the Stone Age.