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Northumberland dig: Archaeologists start search for Viking Great Army camp
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| October 10, 2022 (sez five days ago)
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Posted on 10/15/2022 7:58:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Dr Jane Kershaw from Oxford University, who is leading the dig, said it may have been used by the famous commander Halfdan to launch attacks on the Picts.
A number of objects have been found there over the years, using metal detectors, such as lead gaming pieces and copper coins known as stycas.'Incredible finds'
Volunteers are also working at the field, which Dr Kershaw believes could have been home to a "town of tents" in the 9th Century.
"They found some incredible finds that can really only belong to the Viking Great Army and their activities in the 870s ," Dr Kershaw told BBC Radio Newcastle.
"I don't think we are looking at many structures that would leave lots of archaeological traces because they are only here for a short amount of time."
She said it would be difficult to put a number on those who were there but believes the site could have spanned between 20 and 50 hectares.
"It's not just the warriors who are here but a whole kind of people who were involved in supplying and maintaining the camps - you are not on mission a lot so I think there's a lot of sitting around, hence the gaming pieces we have found," she added.
"What we haven't found yet is any silver - if we found some silver I think everyone would be very happy."
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; greatheathenarmy; greatvikingarmy; middleages; thevikings; vikings; york; yorkshire
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10/15/2022 7:58:21 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:00:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
also related, see the link, “ROYAL HALL OF THE FIRST KINGS OF EAST ANGLIA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SUFFOLK”
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:01:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: SunkenCiv
Cool. I love that era of British History. After the Romans left it gets pretty interesting. Talk about immigration issues. ;)
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:28:14 PM PDT
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
To: SunkenCiv
I would think the camp would be located in the Green Midget Cafe in Bromley.
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:39:23 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: EvilCapitalist
:^) “I can hear the maitre’d, but, oh, you’re down there, and, uh, green...”
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:57:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: MotorCityBuck
Apparently York is getting ready to build a Roman York area, analogous to the one they’d built for Viking York.
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:57:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: EvilCapitalist
Oh jeez, imagine, I missed that completely, and not because it was right out.
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posted on
10/15/2022 8:59:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
I’m sure the Viking camp will contain several empty tins of SPAM.
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posted on
10/16/2022 3:49:06 AM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
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posted on
10/16/2022 8:01:22 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: EvilCapitalist
Well, baked beans *are* off.
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posted on
10/16/2022 8:29:15 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: MotorCityBuck; EvilCapitalist; Southside_Chicago_Republican
The rest of the Great Heathen Army keyword:
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posted on
10/16/2022 8:33:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: SunkenCiv
That is definitely a location to check when I visit there.
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posted on
10/16/2022 9:01:54 AM PDT
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
To: EvilCapitalist
"I’m sure the Viking camp will contain several empty tins of SPAM." I thought the The Vikings were so tough they ate the cans, too.
Then they would poop nails for making more longships.
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder what the Viking equivalent to Ham and Limas was.
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posted on
10/16/2022 11:00:01 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: MotorCityBuck
Septimius Severus died there, Constantine the Great was ‘crowned’ there.
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posted on
10/16/2022 11:01:26 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: MotorCityBuck
That is definitely a location to check when I visit there. I was planning a vacation to York pre-pandemic. It has all the English history I'm most interested in: Iron Age, Roman, Viking, Medieval. I had been to Hull on a business trip and wouldn't mind going back there too, quite a number of free museums including the Maritime Museaum, incredibly friendly folks.
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posted on
10/16/2022 11:37:42 AM PDT
by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
To: ComputerGuy
Beef, mead, local talent.
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posted on
10/16/2022 11:37:46 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: ComputerGuy
I wonder what the Viking equivalent to Ham and Limas was.
Lutefisk :)
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posted on
10/16/2022 11:38:34 AM PDT
by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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