فیرکت
Sign in to saveFyrkat is a former Viking ring castle in Denmark, dating from c. 980 AD. It is located near the town of Hobro, some distance from the present end of the Mariager Fjord in Northern Jutland. The fortress is built on a narrow piece of land, with a stream on one side and swampy area on the other sides. Likely built during the reign of Harald Gormsson or his son Sweyn Forkbeard, the fortress may have served as barracks or as a defensive stronghold. It would have help to enable control of the traffic on the main land-based trading route between Aalborg and Aarhus. Because of its unique architecture
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Fyrkat
- Ancient site.image
- Fyrkat-2.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Aerial view of the Viking ring fortress of Fyrkat. The circular geometry is evident.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Denmark
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of the site in Denmark
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250px
- Ancient site.location
- Jutland, Denmark
- Ancient site.type
- Viking ring fortress
- Ancient site.built
- c. 980
- Ancient site.epochs
- Iron Age, Viking Age
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Viking ring fortress
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Mariagerfjord Municipality
- Image
- Fyrkat vinkingeborgen.Panorama.ajb.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vikingeborgen Fyrkat
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On the map
2 mapped locations