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Britain’s largest Viking Age building found near Holme St Cuthbert

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Archaeologists from Grampus Heritage & Training Limited have uncovered a Viking Age timber building near the village of Holme St Cuthbert, located in the county of Cumbria, England. Cropmarks first identified in 2022 suggested a monastic Grange Farm in the lands owned by the nearby Holme Cultram Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in the 12th century AD. A geophysical survey conducted as part of the High Tarns Archaeology Project identified a …

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Britain’s largest Viking Age building found near Holme St Cuthbert

Archaeologists from Grampus Heritage & Training Limited have uncovered a Viking Age timber building near the village of Holme St Cuthbert, located in the county of Cumbria, England. Cropmarks first identified in 2022 suggested a monastic Grange Farm in the lands owned by the nearby Holme Cultram Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in the 12th century AD. A geophysical survey conducted as part of the High Tarns Archaeology Project identified a …

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Cumbria archaeologists find 'significant' Viking building

Archaeologists say the importance of the findings on the farm in Silloth is "hard to overstate".

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Cumbria archaeologists find 'significant' Viking-age building

submitted by Emperor to britisharchaeology5 points | 0 commentshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew597dz92lo Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking-age building in a recent dig. Teams of volunteers dug up High Tarns Farm in Silloth, Cumbria, in July after crop marks indicated a structure had previously been on the land. Carbon dating of a timber building they discovered suggested it was a “large hall of the late-Viking a…

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