The red stone
With the feet firmly planted at the water's edge of the Limfjord stands the rusty sandstone cliff "The Red Stone". The stone - like its twin "Red Stone" - consists of meltwater sand and gravel, pitted together by iron compounds washed out of the molar. When the water from the Limfjord and the rainwater hit the stone, the iron compounds rust, which is why the stone gets its red color.
Rødsten has previously been an important building material of several medieval churches - for example Fur church and Viborg cathedral. The fact that the church builders at that time chose red stone as material is among other things that the stone is easy to shape.
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