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Loom weights with stamps on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Loom weights with stamps from keys or other marks of ownership. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Luxury and imported goods on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Assorted luxury items, including beads and jewellery from excavations in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Map of items traded at Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Metal and foreign ceramics from Vilslev on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Ceramics from excavations at Vilselv, Denmark. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Mixed cooking waste on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Shellfish, bird and fish bones representing Viking-Age food waste from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Model of Viking Age Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A model representing the important trading settlement of Ribe in the Viking Age. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Model of Viking Buildings on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Model of building layout, based on excavations at Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Moulds for metal-working from Ribe on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Moulds for the casting of various objects - from brooches to keys - found in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
News item: Iceland goose hunt turns up 1,000-year-old sword
An article on the BBC News website about the chance discovery of a Viking Age sword in Iceland.
Newspaper article about a Viking-Age crucifix find in Denmark
Article in the Independent newspaper discussing the find of a tenth-century crucifix in Denmark (the Aunslev Cross) which is very similar to one found in Sweden, and provides evidence of adoption of Christianity in Denmark at an earlier date than…
Nuts and grains on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Hazelnuts, barley and wheat grains from excavations at Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Oval Brooch from Gotland in the Ashmolean Museum
Oval brooch, gilt copper alloy. 800-900. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.121
Pair of Anglo-Scandinavian Stirrups from the Ashmolean Museum
Pair of non-matching stirrups, iron and brass, excavated near Magdalen Bridge in Oxford. Anglo-Scandinavian, 950-1050.
Parrel from a Viking ship in the National Museum of Ireland
A parrel of oak which was used to help hold the yard to the mast and aid with lowering and raising the sail. Used on a medium sized ship. From Wood Quay excavations.
Part of the Cuerdale Hoard photographed in the Ashmolean Museum
The Cuerdale Hoard is the largest Viking hoard discovered in the British Isles, and includes 8,600 pieces, mostly silver including hacksliver, ingots and coins from as far afield as Byzantium and the Islamic world. It dates to 905 and was discovered…
Personal items (iron) on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Personal items including keys, pins and tools from excavations at Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Photo of Copeland Pier Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Copeland is a common placename and surname deriving from Old Norse kaupa land, meaning 'bought land'. This example is from Lerwick in Shetland.
Photo of Midgarth Crescent Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Midgarth is a common Norse placename, and Anglicisation of Miðgarðr, meaning in this case 'Middle Enclosure / Farm' . Miðgarðr is also the 'Middle Realm', and home of mankind, in Norse Mythology.
Photo of Tait's Closs Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Tait is a common Scottish surname derived from the Old Norse 'teitr', meaning cheerful. Many surnames and place names in Shetland have a Norse origin.
Photo of Twageos Road Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Twageos is a place name incorporating the common Norse place name element 'gjá', meaning 'ravine' and rendered in Shetland as 'geo' or 'gjo'. Twageos may refer to the 'two ravines'.