Kjærgårdsmølle - Kilen - Hornet
Winding tunnel valley between Venø Bugt and Klosterheden
The location covers a distinctive landscape element with a dammed fjord arm and its extended valley.
The location extends over a length of about four kilometers and a width of one and a half kilometers, where the valley winds from the town of Struer towards the southwest.
The Tunneldalen valley ends in a characteristic meltwater cone, the Horn, which has preserved an imprint from a braided river course from the outlet of the meltwater on the meltwater plain. The cone is bounded by the Fousingdalen valley to the south.
The location has a sharply winding course that connects the Venø Bugt location to the north with Fousingdalen and Klosterhede – Kronhede in the southern extension of the valley.
The site is one of the four fine examples of tunnel valleys in the geopark area and illustrates the variation in the shape of the tunnel valleys that have run under the Main Thrust Glacier and up to the Main Retention Line.
In 1980, the area was protected with the aim of preserving a rich and varied landscape. Other protected features include burial mounds and traces of ancient road construction.
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