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Borre Trefoil brooch from Wiltshire
This is a stunning Borre style Trefoil brooch found in Wiltshire, one of over 20 on the Portable Antiquities Scheme's Database. To view the full record and associated metadata, go tohttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/276198
Vikings Voyagers exhibition at Falmouth featuring PAS finds.
This exhibition is a partnership with the British Museum, featuring some stunning Viking objects and highlighting the importance of Cornwall to the Vikings. It's a very hands on, family friendly exhibition and runs until January 2017. A selection of…
Viking reenactors at Battle of Clontarf Festival 2014
This is a group of reenactors dressed as Viking reenactors at the massive Battle of Clontarf Festival in April 2014. This item may be useful for anyone with an interest in how Vikings are portrayed at Living History and Reenactment events.
Viking House Sign in Lindfield, Sussex
Sign adorning 'Viking Cottage', a Grade II listed building on Lindfield High Street dating to the seventeenth century
How to Contribute to the World-Tree Digital Archive Video
A short information video, outlining the steps involved in contributing to the World-Tree Project.
Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies
People once thought that Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies. This is a misunderstanding of Krákumál 25 where it states: 'drekkum bjór af bragði ór bjúgviðum hausa' 'drink beer at once from the…
Viking ship discovered in Tennessee
The World Daily News Report produced a story on August 13th 2014 that a Viking longship had been found in Tennessee. This was a spoof report that was quickly picked up by people and passed around as if true.
Placemat depicting Odin riding Sleipnir
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting Odin riding Sleipnir
Placemat depicting Viking ships
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a fleet of Viking ships
The Kensington Runestone
The Kensington runestone is one of several runestones found in the American Midwest. Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered it in 1898 near Kensington, Minnesota. The stone describes an expedition by Swedes and Norwegians to the area in the fourteenth…
Placemat replicating a motif of the month of April from the Baldishol Tapestry
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a motif of the month of April based on the eleventh-century tapestry found in Baldishol church in Hedmark, Norway.
Placemat replicating a motif of the month of May from the Baldishol Tapestry
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a motif of the month of May based on the eleventh-century tapestry found in Baldishol church in Hedmark, Norway.
Vikings in Australia
A report of a Viking trade centre in Western Australia was posted on the faux news site World Daily News Report. This report was more easily seen through than the report of a Viking ship in Tennessee from the same site, but it still had people…
Shieldmaidens in the news
A study of burials of Norse migrants was trumpeted by the popular press as showing that half of all Viking warriors were women.1 This is not the case as Tracy V. Wilson explained on her blog. The study focused on a small sample of Norse migrants and…
The Gjermundbu Helmet
The Gjermundbu helmet is the only Viking Age helmet that has been found in Norway. It was found in a burial mound near Haugsbygda in Ringerike in 1943 along with remains of mail armour, 2 spears, 2 axes, 4 shield bosses, spurs stirrups, and several…
Viking Comb
A Viking comb and a bronze pin found at Larne, County Antrim, and are on display in Ulster museum, Both items were found in 1840 in a male Viking grave dating to the tenth century.
Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy…
Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy…
Tjängvide (I) Picture Stone from Gotland
Tjängvide I (G 110) dates from c.700-800 AD and is now on display at Statens historiska museum in Stockholm. It is one of several Gotlandic picture stones with similar motifs; a ship under sail below and a scene that appears to be a welcome to…
View from the Gallery of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
Image taken on the Orkney Viking Heritage Project Field Trip of the interior of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. The Cathedral was founded by Earl Rögnvaldr of Orkney in 1137.
Forged Vlfberht Swords
An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as…
The Vinland Map
The Vinland Map is a mappa mundi that depicts Vinland, the Viking name for America. It first came to light in 1957 when it was offered for sale by an anonymous private library. It was thought to date from the mid-fifteenth century, and to be based on…