Published 21/09 - 2024

Stone Age Atlantis in danger of disappearing into the sea forever

At Tudse Hage off Skælskør in West Zealand lies one of the best-preserved underwater Stone Age settlements in the world. However, the site is in danger of disappearing into the sea forever. Photo: Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch.

Maritime archaeologists from the Danish Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde face an urgent challenge: one of the best-preserved underwater Stone Age settlements in the world, Tudse Hage by Skelskør Fjord on the west coast of the Danish island of Zealand, is seriously threatened by erosion.

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