Else Roesdahl, Soren Michael Sindbaek, Anne Pedersen, David M. Wilson
Aggersborg is one of the most important archaeological monuments of Denmark's Viking Age, and the largest fortress in the Viking world. Excavations by the Danish National Museum between 1945 and 1952 revealed the largest of a series of at least five unique circular fortresses, built to a precise geometrical pattern by the politically ambitious and] powerful king Harald Bluetooth. Below it were uncovered the rich remains of a rural settlement, founded c. 800, which in the 970s was razed to make way for the royal fortress. This monograph is the culmination of a study and interpretation of what...
Aggersborg is one of the most important archaeological monuments of Denmark's Viking Age, and the largest fortress in the Viking world. Excavations by...