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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…

Photo of the Excavation Archives, Late Viking Age and Medieval Waterford Excavations 1986-1992.

Excavation records in storage at Waterford City Archives. Excavations of Viking and medieval Waterford carried out between 1986-1992. Visits to the…

Ship St. Gate, Dublin Castle

View from inside the Ship St. gate in Dublin Castle, looking south towards Ship St. Barracks and the site of the church of St. Michael-le-Pole

Reconstruction of the Annaholty Bog Shoe by John Nicholl

Reconstruction of an eleventh-century leather shoeby experimental archaeologist John Nicholl. The original wasfound in Annaholty Bog on the border of…

Images of the eleventh- or twelfth-century Annaholty Bog Shoe

Images of a leather shoe found in Annaholty Bog on the border of Co. Limerick Co. Tipperary and dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. It is a…

Gold ring from Ixworth in the Ashmolean Museum

Anglo-Scandinavian gold ring from Ixworth in Suffolk. 900-1050.

Silver ring from Thetford in the Ashmolean Museum

Anglo-Scandinavian silver finger ring from Thetford, Norfolk. 900-1050.

Anglo-Scandinavian Silver Bracelet in the Ashmolean Museum

Silver bracelet, Anglo-Scandinavian. 900-1050. Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.

Late Viking-Age Brooch in the Ashmolean Museum

Fire steel, copper alloy and iron. 1050-1150. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.97.

Rune stone (U 370)

Rune stone in Herresta,Uppland (U 370). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthis stone carries a nonsense inscription. It may be medieval rather…

Photos of Peel Castle in the Isle of Man

Peel Castle in the Isle of Man was originally constructed by the Norse King Magnus Barefoot, who reigned in the eleventh century. It incorporated an…