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This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu. ]]>2016-10-24T02:32:55-07:00
Title
Bronze artefact from Hedeby
Subject
Archaeological Artefacts
Description
This 'plaque', in a form of a dragon- snake-head, has been cast of bronze. Probably it was a part of a bigger find.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
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Title
Plaque at Balladoole, Isle of Man
Subject
Ship burials
Description
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 #2783 and #2804
A tent opened up to become a shop at Tønsberg Viking Festival. It sells a variety of reproduction goods, including pendants, wooden plaques, beads and much more.
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 AD to 950 AD. Plaques such as this may have been used as smoothing boards.
Whalebone plaque on display in the National Museum of Ireland
Subject
Archaeological artefact
Description
A whalebone plaque, possibly for smoothing linen. Discovered in excavations at Cherrywood, Co. Dublin, and dating to the ninth or tenth century. Similar plaques have been discovered elsewhere in the Viking World and are associated with high-status women. It was probably imported from northern Norway.
Photo (c) National Museum of Ireland. Personal use only as per NMI guidelines on photography. Commercial use of any kind is not permitted. Photo credits Gerard (Panda) Terry.
Runic Commemorative Plaque in the Isle of Man, Depicting a Viking ship
Subject
Runes
Description
This is a plaque outside the Sound Cafe overlooking the Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, commemorating the opening of the building by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The plaque depicts a Viking longship from one of the Maughold stone crosses, and the inscription is written in runes. It reads: Hail! Welcome Here You Who Have Come to the Hall. King Harald and Sonja His Queen Came from Norway to Mann and Opened this Hall. That Was 2002 Winters After Christ's Birth.
Victorian Memorial to Alfred the Great Naval Battle, Swanage Bay
Subject
Commemoration
Description
Memorial plaque reads: "In Commemoration of a Great Naval Battle fought with the Danes in Swanage Bay by Alfred the Great D877". For more information see here
Publisher
The World-Tree Project
Date
Photo taken August 2010
Memorial: unknown date
Event: D877