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[8] A sixth Trelleborg of similar design, located at Borgeby, in Scania, has been dated to about 1000 and may have been built by King Harald and a second fort named Trelleborg is located near the modern town of Trelleborg in Scania in present-day Sweden, but is of older date and thus pre-dates the reign of Harald Bluetooth. [citation needed]
At the end of the 10th century Harold Bluetooth vied with tribal Saxons, the Holy Roman Empire—at that time governed by the (integrated) Saxon Ottonian house—and the Slavic Abodrit and Veleti tribes for the control of the southern region of the Jutland peninsula, [4] This area was also the very same region presumed to have been the ancient homelands of the Angles.
Trelleborg is believed to have been ordered by King Harald Bluetooth in the year 980 AD and it might have commanded the Great Belt and its sea traffic, between the islands of Zealand and Funen. Trelleborg is the best preserved of the Viking ring fortresses.
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There is, however, firm evidence that the fortress was in use during the reigns of Harald Bluetooth (940–986) and Canute IV (1080–1086). [5] Gamleborg was used as refuge during the tenth century against Viking raids. [6] Gamleborg was abandoned in 1150, the occupants moving to Lilleborg, only 700 metres (2,300 ft) to the northwest.
A golden disc bearing the name of Harald Bluetooth and Jomsborg appeared in Sweden in autumn 2014, first presented by Swedish archaeologist Sven Rosborn. The disc, also called the Curmsun Disc, is made of high gold content and has a weight of 25.23 grams. On the obverse there is a Latin inscription and on the reverse there is a Latin cross with ...
975 – Harald Bluetooth tries to force Christianity upon Haakon Sigurdsson, who then turns against him. 980s. 980s – Viking raids against England resume during the minority of Æthelred the Unready. [13] 980 – Struggling to unite Denmark, Harald Bluetooth builds at least four large circular forts around this time. [14]
Harald Bluetooth is presumed to be the master builder of the other Danish trelleborg-type fortresses, and it seems plausible that he may indeed have built the ring fortress at Lellinge, too. The fortress remains to be conclusively dated, however, rendering Harald Bluetooth's involvement likely but not proven.