By type
Church sites across the Viking world
145 recorded sites of this type, from national heritage registers and community contributions.
The site of an early church, often on the place of an earlier pagan cult site or a chieftain's farm.
Most are dated to the Settlement Age – later.
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Notable sites
The best-known and most distinctive places in this area.
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Lindisfarne
Viking Age · GB→
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St Clement Danes
Viking Age · GB→
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St Magnus Cathedral
Viking Age · Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, GB→
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Bænhúshóll
Settlement Age – later · Melar, IS→
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Bænhúshóll
Settlement Age – later · Svelgsá, IS→
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Bænhústóft
Settlement Age – later · Kirkjuból, IS→
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Bakkakot
Settlement Age – later · IS→
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Belgsholt
Settlement Age – later · IS→
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Belgsholt
Settlement Age – later · IS→
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Bjarnarstaðir
Settlement Age – later · IS→
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Chapel
Settlement Age – later · IS→
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Chapel
Settlement Age – later · IS→