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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Fyrkat Vikingeborg Alternative Name: Fyrkat Viking Fortress
Country: Denmark
NOTE: This site is 2.879 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Nordjylland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hobro  Nearest Village: Hobro
Latitude: 56.623235N  Longitude: 9.770458E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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archSEOlogist visited on 1st Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

CharcoalBurner89 visited on 25th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The structure of the former ring wall castle can be seen very well in the landscape. Unfortunately there was fog during my visit. However, it was still possible to take good photos, as the facility is simply overwhelmingly large for its time in Denmark.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4

Fyrkat Vikingeborg
Fyrkat Vikingeborg submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : September 25, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Denmark

Danish registry 140707-11

"Presumably it was built by King Harald Blåtand around 980 AD. as part of his collection of the Danish Empire. The site is structured strictly geometric. The circular stucture has a diameter of 120 m and entrance gates in all four corners of it. Two paved streets connect the gates and divide the castle square into quarters. In each section is a tub of four long houses. In some of the houses there has been housing, while in others traces of craftsmanship have been found. Still others have probably been stables or warehouse buildings. Lighthouse only worked for a short number of years before it burned down - perhaps in connection with a hostile attack. The castle was never rebuilt. Prior to the excavation in 1950-63, Fyrkat was pretty much devastated by plowing. The entire structure, as it appears today, is therefore a reconstruction. The post holes from the houses are now filled with concrete to give an impression of the geometry of the plant. In front of the castle is one of the Viking Age houses reconstructed in full size."
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Fyrkat Vikingeborg
Fyrkat Vikingeborg submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : September 25, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fyrkat Vikingeborg
Fyrkat Vikingeborg submitted by CharcoalBurner89 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fyrkat Vikingeborg
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Re: Fyrkat Vikingeborg by Anne T on Friday, 23 August 2019
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The county on this SID was left blank; I've looked at the nearby sites and they are in Randers, so I'm hoping this is correct. If not, please post a comment here and it can easily be amended. Thanks.
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    Re: Fyrkat Vikingeborg by Martin_L on Friday, 23 August 2019
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    Indeed it is on former Randers Amt territory. They now have another system dividing Denmark into far larger regions, but as the Danish archaelogical database also used the old and long established divisions we sticked to their system. Although they seemingly changed to the new communal subdivisions.
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