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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.
The Stone ships (Skeppssättning)(Nordic bronze age - Viking age)
The Stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Northern Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial is surrounded by tightly or loosely fit slabs or stones in the outline…
Bronze plaques around Wood Quay, indicating the site of Viking and medieval finds
There are several bronze plaques around the Wood Quay area (the centre of Viking Dublin) which indicate where artefacts were discovered in the city. Some of these artefacts can be viewed in the National Museum. Erected by Dublin City Council.
Isle of Man Stamp Commemorating the Millennium of Tynwald
A billboard featuring the commemorative Tynwald Millennium stamp, and picturing Vikings arriving in the Isle of Man.
Postcard depicting a modern commemorative "runestone" in the Jardin des Plantes, Rouen.
Postcard depicting a modern commemorative "runestone" in the Jardin des Plantes, Rouen – a gift from the Kingdom of Norway. "In 1911 the city of Rouen celebrated the millenium of the founding of the Duchy of Normandy and the baptism of the…
Anundshög runestone (Vs 13), Sweden
Rune stone next to the burial mounds and ship setting at Anundshög, c. 1000–1050. The rune stone was raised at the culmination of a row of standing stones, which may have marked the route of the 'Eriksgata', a royal procession route…
Rune-stone U 489
Late Viking Age granite rune-stone, originally from Morby in Uppland, Sweden, now in Universitetsparken, Uppsala. Signed by the renowned rune-carver Øpir, it was commissioned by a woman, probably called Gullaug, in memory of her daughter Gillaug,…
Anundshög, Västerås (Slide-Show)
Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
Monument to Bishop Absalon at Højerup Kirke
A monument to the twelfth-century Danish Bishop (and Archbishop) Absalon, who played a key role in Danish territorial expansion and crusades against the Wends. The memorial features a viking-style ship. It is located in the grounds of Højerup Gamle…
Rune stone (Sö 102)
Rune stone at Vävle,Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:omuþa * lit * raisa * stain * þinsa * eftir * ku[na]... sun * sin * kuþ * ialbi ans * (s)aluÁmóða lét…
Rune stone (Sö 103)
A rune stone fromVävlein Södermanland. According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:: biurn * kirþi * kuml * þisa * at * hulfast * faþur * sin * auk ** iarl * broþur * sin *Bjôrn gerði…
Rune stone (Sö 167)
Rune stone atLandshammar,Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:uiniutr : raisþi : stain : at : kuþmunt * sun * sin trik * kuþanVénjótr reisti stein at Guðmund, son sinn,…
Rune stone (Sö 178)
Rune stone atGripsholm,Södermanland (Gripsholm 1)
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:hikkulfr × auk × aulfr × þaiR × letu × raiisa × staina × baþa × at +…
Rune stone (Sö 179)
Rune stone atGripsholm,Södermanland.
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:× tula : lit : raisa : stain : þinsa| |at : sun : sin : haralt : bruþur : inkuars : þaiR furu : trikila : fiari : at :…
Rune stone (Sö 182)
Rune stone fragment atLäggesta, Södermanland (inside Mariefreds Kyrka)
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:...- : sun : sin : uikik * h(a)... ... ... son sinn Víking. Ha[nn] ... ... his son…
Rune stone (Sö 275)
Fragment of rune stone at Nabbhagen,Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
... ...na * bist * mat-- (h)i * a[imi * uar] ...[Hann(?) ma]nna(?) beztr(?) mat[ar](?) í(?) heimi(?) var(?). ...
He(?)…
Rune stone (Sö 276)
Rune stone inSträngnäs Cathedral (domkyrka),Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:sihuiþr : auk : suain : auk : uihielbr : auk : kyla : þaun : litu : raisa : stain : eftiR * olaif…
Rune stone (Sö 277)
Rune stone inSträngnäs Cathedral (domkyrka),Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
u--r : auk : inki:burk : (l)itu : ra... ... ...- : ...a at * uerþr * iki : inkuars : ma... ...... ok…
Rune stone (Sö 278)
Rune stone inSträngnäs Cathedral (domkyrka),Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
k(u)nbiurn lit raisa : st... ... ...þ[an a]imuntiR :Gunnbjôrn lét reisa st[ein] ... ...…
Rune stone (Sö 279)
Rune stone outside Strängnäs Cathedral (domkyrka),Södermanland.According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
ai... ... ...(u)a : --(a)- ... ...uni ÷ aimunt... ... sunarla : a : se(r)kl...Ei... ...…