The chamber in the mound is 12.5 metres (41 ft) long and it is one of Denmark's largest and most famous passage graves.

[1] Kong Svends Høj consists of a large, rectangular mound covering a chamber 12.5 metres (41 ft) in length.

[2] The mound is surrounded by kerbstones,[1] which, with a height of around 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in), are among the tallest recorded in a Neolithic tomb.

[3] The first excavations were attempted in 1780 by a Danish prime minister and a pastor's son who later became bishop of Copenhagen.

[1] The tomb is thought to date to the middle Neolithic period, circa 3200 BC.