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Poster advertising the Orkney Viking Heritage Project
A poster created by ECRs on the Orkney Viking Heritage Project. Designed and produced by Annelies Stern.
Illustration of detail from bone trial piece, Waterford
This intricately decorated item, discovered in an excavation in Waterford City, was a trial piece, perhaps intended to be made into a comb. It is currently on display in Reginald's Tower Museum, Waterford.
Illustration of a brooch from the Lilleberge burial
An illustration of the Lilleberge Brooch. The burial mound was excavated in the late nineteenth century, but the brooch only came to light in 2014 when it was discovered in material from the excavation held by the British Museum. The brooch is Celtic…
Illustration of twelfth-century 'Smalls Reef' sword guard
An illustration of a sword-guard recovered by a diver near Smalls Reef near Skomer island in Wales, and dating to c. 1100-1125. It is decorated with typical Insular Urnes style motifs.
Artist's impression of a woman wearing Viking dress, based on the Lilleberge burial
An illustration by Annemari Ferreira of a Viking woman with oval brooches, based on items found in the Lilleberge Ship Burial at Lilleberge in Namdalen, Norway. This burial mound produced several important finds including a whalebone plaque and…
Illustration of short-twigged (Norwegisn-Swedish) runes
An illustration of the typical forms of the so-called 'short-twigged' or Norwegian-Swedish runes.
Twelfth-century dog collar from Waterford
A decorative dog collar from excavations carried out in Waterford City. It dates from the twelfth century, and is an extremely rare example of a collar used for hunting or racing dogs in the late Viking Age. The Waterford Treasures websitepoints out…
Edition: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Forspjallsljóð) Annette Lassen (2011)
A scholarly edition of the late Eddic (or Eddic-style) poem 'Hrafnagaldur Óðins' (Odin's Raven Spell) by Annette Lassen, for the Viking Society for Norther Research (2011). The edition is available to download as a PDF.
Viking-Age Oval Brooch in the Ashmolean Museum
Oval brooch, copper alloy, 900-1000. Denmark.
Late Viking-Age Brooch in the Ashmolean Museum
Fire steel, copper alloy and iron. 1050-1150. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.97.
Viking-Age Box Brooch in the Ashmolean Museum
Box brooch, copper alloy, 750-1100, Gotland, Sweden.
Viking-Age Plate Brooch in the Ashmolean Museum
Plate brooch, copper alloy, 800-1000, Denmark. AN1909.107
Gold finger ring from Skåne in the Ashmolean Museum
Finger ring, gold, 600-800, Skåne, Sweden.
Anglo-Scandinavian Spur in the Ashmolean Museum
Spur, tinned iron. Anglo-Scandinavian, 900-1150. York, Yorkshire. AN 1961.423
Pair of Anglo-Scandinavian Stirrups from the Ashmolean Museum
Pair of non-matching stirrups, iron and brass, excavated near Magdalen Bridge in Oxford. Anglo-Scandinavian, 950-1050.
Anglo-Scandinavian Silver Bracelet in the Ashmolean Museum
Silver bracelet, Anglo-Scandinavian. 900-1050. Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.
Silver ring from Thetford in the Ashmolean Museum
Anglo-Scandinavian silver finger ring from Thetford, Norfolk. 900-1050.
Gold ring from Ixworth in the Ashmolean Museum
Anglo-Scandinavian gold ring from Ixworth in Suffolk. 900-1050.
Oval Brooch from Gotland in the Ashmolean Museum
Oval brooch, gilt copper alloy. 800-900. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.121
Silver bars, wires and ingots from White Horse Road, London, in the Ashmolean Museum
Bars, wires and ingots (silver bullion), 800-900. White Horse Road in London. AN1909.556