Possible Viking settlement in the Ålands found
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The highest point of Åland Islands: summit of Orrdalsklint, in Saltvik [Credit: RainoL/Panoramio] |
The imaging project followed observations of depressions which resembled the outlines of late Iron Age structures from other parts of Scandinavia. Once the images revealed the outline of the hall, cautious excavation turned up personal ornaments cast in silver and bronze, and which point to the site as an important location in the Viking world.
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Pictures of a brooch shaped as a bird of prey, an equal armed brooch
depicting the head of a human or an animal and a Viking silver finger ring. [Credit: Museum of Åland, Ålands Landskapsregering] |
The research project, "The Hall at the Crossroads of Baltic Waterways" was initiated in 2012 following the results of the infrared imaging.
Source: Yle.fl [May 15, 2014]
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