The Ancient Road near Bække

From Randbøl Heath, and travelling along the Ancient Road, it’s 12km to Bække. There’s an Ancient Road exhibition here in the former bus station, which explains the history of this ancient route and the lives of those who used it. A number of large placards depict how the surrounding landscape shaped the course of the road. The otherwise widely branched network that was the Ancient Road was channelled into a traffic hub at Bække. Thus, you can be certain that the Bække section of the road is truly authentic and follows its route exactly. The exhibition also includes a detailed review of the rune stones found along the Ancient Road in the area around Bække. During the summer season, the exhibition is staffed by local volunteers in the afternoon. There’s a rune stone in front of Bække Church that has a link to Ravnunge-Tue. It was found in the churchyard’s embankment in 1810, but where it stood originally is unknown. The inscription reads “Ravnunge-Tue and Funden and Gnyble, the three raised Thyras mound”. Although it can’t be definitively proven, it seems reasonable to believe that these three men were behind the construction of one of the mounds at Jelling.