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Borger has the largest and the smallest hunebedden (dolmens or passage graves) in the Netherlands on its outskirts and no fewer than sixteen of Drenthe's dolmens in the immediate vicinity. The village is also home of the Hunebedcentrum , a museum telling the story of these mysterious megalith tombs and the people who built them. No doubt Borger is rightfully Hunebedhoofdstad (Hunebed Capital) of the Netherlands.

Hunebedden (megalithic tombs) are the oldest monuments in the Netherlands. They were built more than 5.000 years ago in the last phase of the Stone Age by people of the Funnel Beaker Culture, who buried their dead in these hunebedden . The stones of which the dolmens are built are originating from Scandinavia. They were carried south by the advancing land ice during an ice age. When the ice melted, the stones that were carried along were left behind. Hunebed D8 was built between 3400 and 3100 BC and is attributed to the Funnelbeaker culture. It is a fairly large portal tomb with four capstones, eight side stones and two keystones. The hunebed is almost 8 metres long and 4.4 metres wide. The oldest mention dates from 1711.

The main attraction of the valley and its capital Gorafe are the almost 200 Neolithic dolmens scattered in several cemeteries around the village. It is the greatest concentration of prehistoric rests in Spain. The first human settlements date back to prehistory. The picture shows a view from the ‘Parque Megalítico’ into the canyon of the river Gor just south of Gorafe; on the background the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada.

Hunebed 'D54' is located at the foot of the Havelterberg.