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Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring fortress, and one of the largest archaeological sites in Denmark. [1] It is located near Aggersund on the north side of the Limfjord. It consists of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. Four main roads arranged in a cross connects the fortress center with the rampart's outer ring ...
Trelleborg is the best preserved of the Viking ring fortresses. Since 1995, the Trelleborg Museum has presented the story of this particular fortress and the nearby area. Some of the artifacts found in connection with the archaeological excavations are on display at the museum, while others are on display at the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen.
Three sites, Kujataa, Aasivissuit – Nipisat, and Ilulissat Icefjord, are located in Greenland, which is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. [4] Eight sites in Denmark are cultural and three are natural. [2] The natural site Wadden Sea is shared with Germany and the Netherlands. In 2014, the Danish part of the site was added ...
Borgring (older spelling Borrering) also known as Vallø Borgring, [1] is a Danish Viking ring fortress located near Køge on the island of Zealand.Likely built around 970 or 980, the fortress may have been built to defend trade routes or as a military barracks.
There are a total of five confirmed Viking ring fortresses at present, located in Denmark (although sites in Sweden and across Northern Europe have similar construction). [1] They have been dated to the reign of Harold Bluetooth of Denmark , with an estimated near contemporary time of construction c. 980.
Site of the former town of Hedeby Map of Viking Denmark with Hedeby at the southern edge Bilingual map of the Schlei (German and Danish placenames) Two reconstructed houses at Hedeby. The Old Norse name Heiða-býr simply translates to "heath-settlement" (heiðr "heath" and býr = "yard; settlement, village, town"). The name is recorded in ...
View from Lindholm Høje, December 2018. You can see both Nørresundby and Aalborg from here. Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills, from Old Norse haugr, hill or mound) is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg in Denmark.
The discovery of the Viking Age settlement near the town of Randlev was prompted in part by the extensive excavations at Hesselbjerg in the preceding years. Viking settlements are difficult to locate, as the sites did not leave many traces in the form of potsherds, waste, or the organic material that was used to construct houses and ...