Trelleborg Vikinger AR The Viking Battle - an augmented reality app that brings the past to life! With the app, you can experience an exciting battle between two Viking warriors, directly [...] It can be downloaded on the AppStore and GooglePlay. Search for "Trelleborg Vikings AR", and get a deeper understanding of how the Vikings fought through a dynamic and sensory presentation of the Viking battle. You can try the app on-site when you visit King Harald Bluetooth's famous ring fortress or from home. We look forward to seeing you at the Trelleborg Viking Fortress!
Graveyard and sacrificial wells at Trelleborg In the museum exhibition, you can get a closer look and more insight to the deceased Vikings from Trelleborg. In the exhibition it is possible to see a female and a male skeleton, as well as the contents of one of the sacrificial wells. The burial ground at the fortress site Trelleborg's burial ground contains of around 135 graves with 157 deceased individuals. Most of the skeletons are poorly preserved, and the graves are sparsely equipped or completely devoid of grave goods. However, in the older part of the burial ground, some of the deceased
Daily Program Here you can find an overview of the various presentations, Viking activities, etc. that will take place during Trelleborg's Viking Festival 2025. Use the map to find each activity [...] the 18th 13.00 - 14.00 The Battle of Trelleborg at Ringborgen (7) 14.30 - 15.00 Author Susanne Clod reads from her books in the longhouse (5) 14.00 - 14.45 Guided tour in English of the castle grounds (at [...] on Saturday 19 July Map over Trelleborg Viking Fortress
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Viking-age ring fortresses seen from above View our drone filmed documentation of the viking-age fortresses Trelleborg, Slagelse Aggersborg, Limfjorden Fyrkat, Hobro Nonnebakken, Odense Back to 'Viking-Age Ring Fortresses'
Discovery and excavation The locality of Trelleborg has never been completely forgotten. Most of its earthworks were visible right up until the site was excavated, and the circular inner rampart can clearly be seen on maps from the 17th century and onwards. Trelleborg was first recognised as a Viking fortification when the National Museum commenced excavations in 1934, led by the archaeologist Poul [...] were marked with cement blocks, which today still indicate the locations of the buildings in the fortress area. In 1941-42 work began on a reconstruction of one of Trelleborg’s characteristic long houses.
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Experimental Archaeology at Trelleborg Traces of the ring fort, houses, and numerous objects have been found at Trelleborg. The archaeological findings provide fragments of knowledge [...] of the defensive conditions surrounding a fortress, how the Vikings used and, most importantly, kept warm in the large longhouses, or what and how the discovered objects were used for. At Trelleborg, researchers [...] where objects or work processes are analyzed in minute detail, copied, or reconstructed. For example, this could involve experiments with the production and use of specific weapons. At Trelleborg, the Trelleborg
The Viking Shield The Viking shield was found at Trelleborg and is the only shield from the Viking Age that has been found in Denmark. The shield was found as part of the project "Kongens borge" in 2008, which included trial excavations at Trelleborg. The shield was found in a wet area about 40 meters from the south gate of the castle. The shield is dated to the time of the Viking castle around 980 [...] of the shield's attachment to a shield boss were found near the shield, but not the shield boss itself. However, several shield bosses have been found elsewhere at Trelleborg. In the exhibition at the Viking Castle
Human skull and quern stone from a well at Trelleborg. A human life was the most valuable sacrifice that the Vikings could make to the gods. We know from written sources that Odin – the king of the gods – demanded human sacrifices. But do the sources tell the truth? Plan of the excavated structures at Trelleborg with the wells marked in relation to the Viking fortress. Exaggerated accounts? There are several [...] at the Viking fortress of Trelleborg and the magnate’s residence at Tissø , both in West Zealand, have made archaeologists think very differently. Human sacrifices at Trelleborg Skeleton of one of the four
