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Iron Age broch on Mainland Orkney build between 500 and 200 BC. Several Viking Age burials (9th century) have been found in proximity to the Broch.

According to legend the grave of the discoverer of Gotland. This stone ship setting dates to the Nordic Bronze Age and shows that the ship settings of later periods belong in a Scandinavian tradition that goes back many years.

Two Viking boat burials dating to c.750 AD were found in Salme, Estonia, when workmen were laying electric cable for a cycle path. The ships contained men who had died in battle together with some of their possessions.

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Items, including gilded bronze mounts for harness straps, and a reconstruction of a bird strap end discovered in excavations of the North mound in Jelling in 1820.

There are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The South Mound is known as Gorm's Mound, and is empty. It was probably constructed in the period 965-970.

There are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The North Mound is known as Thyra's Mound, and was most likely the original burial place of the Danish King Gorm the Old.

Science and experience center called Sagastad is being built at Nordfjordeid, Norway, and will feature a full-size reconstruction of the Myklebust ship.

The Scar Dragon Plaque is one of the most impressive of the finds from the Norse Scar Boat Burial, excavated in 1991. The grave contained the remains of an adult man, an elderly woman, and a child along with grave goods. The artefacts date to c. 875…

An illustration of the Lilleberge Brooch. The burial mound was excavated in the late nineteenth century, but the brooch only came to light in 2014 when it was discovered in material from the excavation held by the British Museum. The brooch is Celtic…

An illustration by Annemari Ferreira of a Viking woman with oval brooches, based on items found in the Lilleberge Ship Burial at Lilleberge in Namdalen, Norway. This burial mound produced several important finds including a whalebone plaque and…