Info Of Fragments Of 100 Viking Swords Unearthed Inwards Due North Estonia

Part of the hilt of the sword of the XI-XIII centuries from Läänemaa. Picture is illustrative. 

Source: Department for the Protection of Antiquities

Archaeologists convey discovered fragments of nearly a hundred Viking swords, the largest uncovering of Viking swords inwards Republic of Estonia to date, inwards northern Estonia.

The fragments were constitute inwards ii closely located sites inwards a coastal expanse of N Estonia, inwards the territory of the ancient Estonian county of Ravala, belatedly end autumn. 

The finds consisted of dozens of items, generally fragments of swords as well as a few spearheads. 

Mauri Kiudsoo, archeologist as well as keeper of the archaeological question collection of Tallinn University, told BNS the ii sites were located only eighty meters apart. The swords appointment from the middle of the tenth century as well as are in all likelihood cenotaphs, grave markers dedicated to people buried elsewhere.

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