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Wooden and Bone Weaving Tablets in the National Museum of Ireland
These tablets would have been used for tablet or card weaving. This is a technique for making narrow decorative bands of the sort that would have decorated the hems of Vikings' clothes.
Postcard of Surtsey
A postcard showing Surtsey near Iceland. Surtsey is a volcanic island off the south coast of Iceland. The island was created by a submarine volcanic eruption that began in 1963 and finished in 1967. It is named for the fire giant Surtr from Norse…
Pirates of the Frozen North Constructible Strategy Game
Pirates of the Frozen North was a supplement for the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game. The game came with plastic ships that needed to be built before play. Pirates of the Frozen North introduced Vikings to the game, and the image with this item…
Lewis Chessman Berserker Model
A model of one of the Lewis Chessmen warder figures, bought in Stornoway in 2015.
Model Viking Warrior
A model Viking warrior of unknown provenance. He has the typical, anachronistic, double-headed axe and horned helmet.
Pewter Viking Longship
A pewter Viking longship of unknown provenance.
Viking souvenir statuette
A photograph of a Viking souvenir statuette of unknown provenance. The figure wears typical Viking garb and carries a tri-lobed sword, Gjermundbu-style helmet and a shield.
Viking-style chest
A Viking Age-style chest at the Danelaw Centre for Living History
Quern and storage vessels
A quernstone and storage vessels on a table in a house at the Danelaw Centre for Living History.
Detail from houses at Murton Park
Photographs of detail elements on the houses at the Danelaw Living History Centre
Runic inscriptions at Murton Park
Runic inscriptions at the Danelaw Living History Centre
Painted doorposts on reconstructed Viking house
Painted doorposts on a reconstructed Viking house at the Danelaw Centre for Living History
Shrine to Odin
A shrine to Odin at the Danelaw Centre for Living History
Model Viking Longship
A model Viking longship at the Danelaw Centre for Living History
Danelaw Living History and Yorkshire Museum of Farming
The Yorkshire Museum of History includes the Danelaw Centre for Living History as part of its displays and services for schools. The museum is set up to provide a range of period-specific, hands-on activities aimed at schools.
Clontarf Whiskey
Clontarf whiskey named for the battle of Clontarf in 1014 when Brian Boru defeated a Viking army. The whiskey's story fails to mention that Brian Boru had Viking allies, or that he died in the battle.
M/V Thor Magni in Cork Harbour
M/V Thor Magni, a research/survey vessel, belonging to Thor Offshore which works with the oil industry. The company name is a direct reference to the Norse god Thor and is derived from "Hósvík", which means Thor's creek, where the company is based…
Cape Wrath
The photograph shows the lighthouse at Cape Wrath a name probably derived from Old Norse 'hvarf' meaning 'turn' or 'turning point'. It was here that the Vikings turned their ships around the coast to head for the Hebrides and Ireland.
Smoo Cave, Durness
Smoo Cave in Durness in the north of Scotland. Archaeological investigation has identified Neolithic, Norse and Iron Age artefacts. 'Smoo' is thought to derive from Old Norse 'smuga' (a small hole, narrow cleft).
Remains of Church at Qassiarsuk
The remains of a church from c.1300 at Quassiarsuk (Brattahlid / Brattahlíð) in Greenland. Remains of an earlier church were found under these remains. The church is surrounded by a turf wall.