The Viking Herald

Part of the Watlington Hoard, believed to have been buried by a Viking in Oxfordshire while Wessex and Mercia resisted the Viking Great Army in the 870s.

What does archeology reveal about the Viking Great Army camps?

Thanks to the brilliant science of modern archeology, we are now more able than ever to get an insight into the camps used by the Viking armies that invaded Anglo-Saxon England during the 9th century and what they tell us about the warriors that used them.

11 months ago — History