Borgring: the discovery of a Viking Age ring fortress

• Autores: Helen Goodchild, Nanna Holm, Søren M. Sindbæk
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 91, Nº 358, 2017, págs. 1027-1042
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A massive tenth-century AD ring fortress was recently identified at Borgring, south of Copenhagen in Denmark. The combination of high-resolution LiDAR mapping, geophysical survey and targeted small-scale excavation has demonstrated that the site belongs to a rare class of monuments�the Trelleborg-type ring fortress. Borgring is the first such monument to be found in Denmark in over six decades, and provides an opportunity to investigate a type-site of Viking Age military organisation and conflict. The authors argue that Borgring complements a varied group of fortification structures in late Viking Age Denmark, part of a military network close to contemporaneous European ideas of military kingship and defence.