By type
Settlements across the Viking world
2,283 recorded sites of this type, from national heritage registers and community contributions.
Traces of houses, farms or a village: foundations, post holes, hearths and cultural layers.
Most are dated to the Late Iron Age – Viking Age.
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Notable sites
The best-known and most distinctive places in this area.
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Brattahlíð
Viking Age · Qassiarsuk, Kujalleq, GL→
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Caithness
Viking Age · GB→
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Eastern Settlement
Viking Age · GL→
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Ikigait
Viking Age · Kujalleq, Southern Greenland, GL→
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Ivittuut
Viking Age · GL→
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Jorvik Viking Centre
Viking Age · York, North Yorkshire, England, GB→
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L'Anse aux Meadows
Viking Age · St. Anthony (nearest town); community of L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador, CA→
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Reykjavík
Viking Age · IS→
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Sandnæs
Viking Age · GL→
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The Settlement Exhibition
Viking Age · IS→
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Waquoit Bay
Viking Age · US→
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Western Settlement
Viking Age · GL→