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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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The Viking burial ground, used during the 9th and 10th centuries, was discovered on the southern outskirts of the village of Åsum. 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" Viking skeletons unearthed in ...
Nonnebakken (literally, "The Nun Hill") is a hill in Odense, Denmark.It is the site of one of Denmark's six former Viking ring castles, [1] [2] built during the reign of Sweyn Forkbeard, who had forced his father Harold Bluetooth to leave the country and seek refuge with the Jomsvikings on Wollin (modern Poland) around 975.
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