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Illustration of a brooch from the Lilleberge burialAn illustration of the Lilleberge Brooch. The burial mound was excavated in the late nineteenth century, but the brooch only came to light in 2014…
Illustration of detail from bone trial piece, WaterfordThis intricately decorated item, discovered in an excavation in Waterford City, was a trial piece, perhaps intended to be made into a comb. It is…
Illustration of short-twigged (Norwegisn-Swedish) runesAn illustration of the typical forms of the so-called 'short-twigged' or Norwegian-Swedish runes.
Artist's impression of a woman wearing Viking dress, based on the Lilleberge burialAn illustration by Annemari Ferreira of a Viking woman with oval brooches, based on items found in the Lilleberge Ship Burial at Lilleberge in…
Saga Thing: NicknamesSaga Thing has collected a selection of nicknames from the sagas that they have discussed. Old Norse nicknames could often be less than complimentary,…
Illustration of twelfth-century 'Smalls Reef' sword guardAn illustration of a sword-guard recovered by a diver near Smalls Reef near Skomer island in Wales, and dating to c. 1100-1125. It is decorated with…
St Magnus Church, OrkneySt Magnus Church, founded at the site of the killing of Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney by an axe-blow to the head in ca. 1116 at the orders…
Round Church at Orphir, OrkneyThe round 'Kirk' at Orphir was built in the late eleventh or early twelfth century, possibly by Earl Hakon. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas and its…
Photo of Maeshowe (Orkhaugr) in OrkneyMaeshowe is a neolithic burial mound and chambered cairn on the mainland island of Orkney. Its connection to the Vikings (or Norse in Orkney) is the…
Myklebust Round Barrows and ShipThe largest of five mounds at Myklebust, Nordfjordeid, Sogn og Fjordane in Norway contained the remains of the largest Viking Age ship found in…
Report on the Pre-Christian Religions of the North ProjectA report by Dr Leszek Gardeła on an ongoing international collaborative project, 'The Pre-Christian Religions of the North Project and its…
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The Vinland MapThe Vinland Map is a mappa mundi that depicts Vinland, the Viking name for America. It first came to light in 1957 when it was offered for sale by an…
Forged Vlfberht SwordsAn account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to…
View from the Gallery of St. Magnus Cathedral, KirkwallImage taken on the Orkney Viking Heritage Project Field Trip of the interior of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. The Cathedral was founded by Earl…
Tjängvide (I) Picture Stone from GotlandTjängvide I (G 110) dates from c.700-800 AD and is now on display at Statens historiska museum in Stockholm. It is one of several Gotlandic…
Viking CombA Viking comb and a bronze pin found at Larne, County Antrim, and are on display in Ulster museum, Both items were found in 1840 in a male Viking…
The Gjermundbu HelmetThe Gjermundbu helmet is the only Viking Age helmet that has been found in Norway. It was found in a burial mound near Haugsbygda in Ringerike in 1943…