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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…

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An online exhibition from RTÉ Archives using archive footage to tell the story of the Wood Quay excavations and the public protests in the 1970s and 80s.

Four chapters:
01 ‘Save Wood Quay’ Campaign
02 Viking Site and Proposals
03 Dig,…

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Replicas of placards used during the demonstrations against the development of the Wood Quay site in Dublin in the 1970s. Dublin City Council's Civic Offices were built on the site of Viking Dublin, after some of the most important excavations of a…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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Fishamble street is one of the oldest streets in Dublin, and dates back to the Viking longphort, which was established as a permanent settlement by 841. Fishamble street was in the eastern side of the settlement, with Winetavern Street marking the…

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The valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant (Herjólfur Bárðarson) mentioned in the historical records. This reconstructed farmhouse is…

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The valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant (Herjólfur Bárðarson) mentioned in the historical records. This reconstructed farmhouse is…

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Layout of a plot excavated in 1980-81 at Wood's Quay / Fishamble Street in Dublin, and dating to the eleventh century. The plot includes several dwellings and connecting walkways. Erected by the National Museum of Ireland and the Dublin Corporation…

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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…

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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…

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Photo by Flickr userMandiasof the Ladby Viking ship burial. The museum is built around the excavated Viking ship in its original location. For more information, visit

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Plaque marking the site of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole in the Isle of Man, which was a double burial of a man and a woman.See also items#2783and #2804

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The valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant (Herjólfur Bárðarson) mentioned in the historical records. This reconstructed farmhouse is…

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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.…

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'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…

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A sculpture which is intended to evoke the hull of a Viking ship, by artist Michael Warren. It is placed on Wood Quay outside the main entrance to Dublin City Council's Civic Offices as a gesture towards the importance of this site, now mostly…

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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…
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