Skagen, Denmark: The buried church

Built by the early settlers of artists and fishermen, this was originally a very large church. During the 18th and 19th centuries, shifting sand gradually covered the structure. It was later excavated and moved, but the tower was left behind.

This is now the front of the tower, which you can visit inside and climb the steep stairway to the bell tower.
Here we are standing in the front of the tower. Another tourist was nice enough to take the picture for us.

The depth of the sand can be seen by looking at where the roof was once. The indented portion at ground level is actually where the original roof line was.

Peg, Leah and Max climbed the stairs to the top.
Here are two examples of the post and beam construction. How those early workers were able to accomplish such complex angles with only hand tools, just amazes me.


The view from the top of the tower. The concrete posts mark the outline of the original church. As you may surmise, it was quite large.

Another view from the top. The original church ran all the way to the end of the pathway, and then to the left and right.