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Canmore - Scottish Heritage Database
Canmore is a database of heritage sites in Scotland that is compiled and maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. This link is a search for all Norse sites.
Posts from the Ravning Bridge at Kongernes Jelling (Royal Jelling) Experience Centre
Several of the original posts from the Ravning Bridge are displayed in the Kongernes Jelling Centre, alongside a multimedia display about the bridge itself with an artists impression of the original. The bridge, constructed in 979 or 980 lies 10km…
The Ravning Bridge (Ravningbroen), Jutland
The Ravning Bridge (Danish Ravningbroen) is one of the most important archaeological sites in Denmark. It is located in the valley of the River Vejle, around 10km south of the important fortification at Jelling, crossing what is now known as Ravning…
'Hearth and Home' Documentary about the excavations at Wood Quay, from RTÉ Archives
Clip of a documenrary broadcast on RTÉ 1 in 1989 about the Wood Quay excavations, and made available in theRTÉ Archives.See http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/2012-wood-quay/2015-discoveries-and-legacy/612187-hearth-and-home/ for a…
Reconstructed pit-house on original excavation site, Århus Denmark
Reconstructed pit-house at excavation site, now Vikingemuseet Århus, three metres underneath Nordea Bank in the centre of Århus Denmark. Original pit-house now at Moesgaard Museum Århus Denmark. Reconstruction includes 'lady of the house' weaving.…
Comb fragments at Aros in the Viking Age exhibition on excavation site Århus Denmark
Comb fragments at 'Aros in the Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site underneath Nordea Bank in Århus Denmark. Aros = Århus. Replicas and original artefacts from everyday life in Viking Århus.
Oldest known remains of an Århusian Viking, Vikingemuseet Aarhus Denmark
Oldest known remains of an Århusianer - a headless Viking skeleton (presumed murdered). 9th Century. Displayed in Aros Of The Viking Age exhibition (Aros = today's Århus, Jutland = Denmark's second-largest city) at Vikingemuseet Århus on site of…
Entrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank Århus Denmark
Entrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank, Århus, Denmark. 'Aros In The Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site of original town now underneath Nordea bank, Aros = Århus. Exhibit: both replicas and original artefacts found…
Reconstruction of a tenth-century 'lady of the house' weaving in pit-house at Vikingemuseet Århus Denmark
'Lady of the house' in thenth-century clothes weaving wool and linen in reconstructed pit-house on site of original pit-house. Reconstruction at excavation site now Vikingemuseet Århus, underneath Nordea Bank in city centre Århus Denmark. Original…
Stairway to the past - entrance to Vikingemuseet Århus Denmark
Entrance to Vikingemuseet, underneath Nordea bank in centre of Århus, Denmark. A three-metre descent by stairs into original Viking Aros (Århus) town - as you walk down past the original layers of earth, stone and human debris, years on the steps…
Nye jernalderfunn belyser Eikers posisjon i fortiden
Eiker was a centre of power in the Drammen region during the Late Iron Age, as is shown by these new finds. Surveys using georadar show that there are the remains of several structures in the area, including a 30m long longhouse.
Baite Viking Ship sculpture on Essex Quay/Wood Quay, Dublin
Metal sculpture 'Baite Viking Ship' evoking a beached Viking vessel, by artist Betty Newman-Maguire. Located near to the controversial Dublin City Council Civic Offices development on Wood Quay. Dublin Millennium Commission, 1988.
News: Body in well confirms Viking Saga
Archaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo of the Balladoole Boat Burial on the Isle of Man
A Viking-Age ship burial from the late ninth century / early tenth century was excavated beneath this ship setting now marking out the site in Balladoole on the Isle of Man. It contained a rich burial of a high-status man and woman with a horse and…