Viking 'ring fortress' discovered in Denmark may have been used to launch invasion of England in 1013 The fortress was discovered on the Danish island of Zealand around 30 miles (48km) south of ...

Model of the original Viking fortress at Trelleborg in Denmark. De Agostini via Getty Images. A local authority on the Danish island of West Zealand has given the green light to rebuild a Viking ...

Tree rings from the timbers date the fortifications to between 970 and 980 CE, during the reign of Harald Bluetooth. The evidence suggests, however, that the fortress met a brutal end.

The tools were found this summer at a mysterious, ring-shaped fortress at Borgring, on the island of Zealand. The famed 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth is thought to have ordered the ...

In September 2014, archaeologists announced the discovery of a Viking fortress in a field belonging to Vallø Manor, located west of Køge on the east coast of Sealand. This was the first ...

The Viking-age fortress is likely part of a network of military sites built by the 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth.

Many doubted that the most recent find at Borgring was actually a Viking fortress. However, recent Carbon-14 dating and discoveries of buildings, a toolbox, cermaics and jewelry confirmed it.

The Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg, near Slagelse in Denmark. Archaeologists in Denmark have found a ring-shaped Viking fortress on the island of Zealand, around 50km south of Copenhagen.

Likely built around the 10th century, the fortress is a ring shape some 476 feet across. "Although there were Vikings in other countries, these circular fortresses are unique to Denmark.

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Archaeologists in Denmark have discovered a distinctive ring-shaped Viking fortress which historians believe may have been used to launch an invasion of England. The fortress found on the Danish ...