Viking ring fortress
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viking-ring-fortress-186-18824193
title:
Viking ring fortress
text:
A Viking ring fortress, Trelleborg-type fortress, or trelleborg, is a type of circular fort of a special design, built in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. These fortresses have a strictly circular shape, with roads and gates pointing in the four cardinal directions. Inside the fort, each quadrant has one, in a single case four, square blocks of longhouses, completing the geometric symmetry. There are a total of five confirmed Viking ring fortresses at present, located in Denmark. They have bee
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Type of circular fort built in Scandinavia in the Viking Age
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_ring_fortress
date created:
2004-05-09T12:12:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:42:42Z
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