![]() ![]() The sword blade was quite heavily rusted but the hilt was reasonably well preserved. Neatly laid along one side of the coffin was a typical Viking battle axe and on the other side, an impressive decorative sword of almost a metre in length. One coin was identified as having come from North-western Europe, probably Germany, while the other was an Anglo-Saxon coin which had been minted under Ethelred II, who had ruled England from around 978 AD to 1016 AD.Īs the excavation work continued, two more very interesting artefacts were located. When the coffin itself was opened, there was disappointment when little of real interest or value, other than two rather damaged coins, was found. ![]() The coffin had post holes at each corner, which meant that it had at some stage had a roof thereby denoting that the occupant had been someone of high standing. They had located a fairly ordinary looking coffin in the Langeid cemetery, which was soon found to be more interesting than it had it seemed at first glance. In 2011 archaeologists were excavating in the Setesdal Valley in Southern Norway. ![]() Imagine therefore the excitement experienced by those involved in the discovery of a beautifully-wrought, 11th century Viking sword. ![]()
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