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Blog post: Walking the Brough of Birsay, OrkneyA photoblog describing the walk to and around the Norse settlement at the Brough of Birsay.
Blog post: Debunking the "Vikings weren't victims of climate" mythThis blog post considers the evidence for Greenland being warmer when settled by Vikings than it is now.
Information Board on the Viking History of YoughalInformation board about the Vikings in Youghal Heritage Centre and Tourist Office
Faroese stamp 059 Featuring the Rune Stone in SandavágurFaroese Stamp from 1981 featuring the Sandavágur Rune Stone (FR 2 M) which memorializes the first settler in Sandavágur. See item #649
Runic stone (FR 2 M) from Sandavágur Church in the FaroesThirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna…
Viking Lands Map from Layers of Learning InitiativeA print out and colour in map of the Viking World from the Layers of Learning initiative, which is a homeschool curriculum company and produces…
Dechen Forestry Crew with Viking Safety WearFrom Contributor: "This is a great group of people I have the privilege of working with this summer, they are from the Tsilhqot’in Nation in…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Boreray)St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta and Soay)St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta)St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely…
The Viking Answer LadyThe Viking Answer Lady is a popular website that began life as a series of articles for the newsletter of the Barony of Bjornsborg, a branch of the…
Lögberg (Law Rock) at Þingvellir, looking NorthÞingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in…
Painting by W.G. Collingwood 'Alþing in Session'Via Wikimedia Commons: Recoloured crop of larger painting showing a romanticised view of the 11th century Althing (Viking parliament) in session. More…
Illustration of the Alþingi in session on a tourist information board in ÞingvellirIllustration by Gylfi Gislason as part of a larger tourist information board in the Þingvellir Rift Valley
Lögberg (Law Rock) at Þingvellir, looking towards ÞingvallavatnÞingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in…
Þingvellir Rift Valley (North East View)Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir in…
Þingvellir Rift Valley (South West View)Þingvellir is a rift valley in South West Iceland, and the original site of the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament), which was established at Þingvellir…
VíkingaheimarA museum about the Vikings in Reykjanesbær, Iceland. It features a replica Viking ship as a main attraction.
Ingólfshvoll sign in IcelandMany place names in Iceland reference the earliest Norse settlers, such as this example of Ingólfshvoll (Ingólfr's Hill), referring to the first…
St Mary's Cathedral, possible site of the Norse thingmote in LimerickSt Mary's Cathedral was founded in 1168, but is the likely site of the thongmote in the Viking settlement on King's Island in Limerick.