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unusual facts about Borre mound cemetery



Nicolay Nicolaysen

In 1852, the first investigations took place of the Borre mound cemetery (Norwegian: Borrehaugene from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound) in Horten, Vestfold.

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Hägerdal (1994) doubts that Christian ideas were unknown in Scandinavia before the 11th century and he (1994:4) has pointed out that Borre and Skiringssal, in the part about the kings of Vestfold, were archaeologically important locations during the Viking Age but not later.


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