It is close to the village of Agri, in Mols Bjerge National Park on the southern part of the Djursland peninsula, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus.

[1] This function was maintained all the way up to the 1800s - actually as late as in the Three Year War (Treårskrigen) 1848 -50,[1] that amongst other things saw the withdrawal of the Danish general Olaf Rye’s army past Århus over southern Djursland to the peninsula Helgenæs that he fortified at the narrow Dragsmur passage 8 kilometers[2] from Agri Bavnehøj.

[3] This can be seen as a testimony to the existence of organized communities in a 2500 – 3800 year old pre Christian civilization, that must have had a pervasive religious belief containing a uniform concept of burial traditions.

In the earliest part of the bronze age, tribal leaders and other important people were buried in the mounds encased in a hollowed out oak log.

[1] This air tight lid prevents decay of the burials due to oxidation including protecting offerings accompanying the deceased inside the mounds.

The hills are accessible by car via small country roads leading to a parking lot close to the mound, including an info-poster, benches and toilet facilities.