Rammedige

In North West Jutland, only a few kilometres from the foaming North Sea, lies Rammedige – an old fortification dike, probably from the Iron Age. The dike consists of a rampart and moats with pointed poles and functioned as the minefield of the time. It strongly resembles some of the defence designs used by the Roman emperor Cesar.

The dike used to be 2,5 km long but today only remnants of 400 metres remain. In 2011, 30 metres of the dike were reconstructed using the methods believed to have been used originally.

Take a walk along the dike and speculate on its purpose. Did they want to control trading connections at the Limfjord? Or was it built in connection with one of the many tribal wars in Jutland during the first centuries AD?

The dike is located in the middle of stunning scenery and is an excellent excursion spot for anyone with even a small interest in history or someone fancying a nice walk in the brisk sea air and raw landscape.