Viking Age Ring Fortresses on the North Frisian islands
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Location Map of Tinnum-Burg and Borgsumburg
image: David Beard
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The Borgsumburg on Föhr
Outer Diameter
140 m
Rampart width
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Number of Houses
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Length of Houses
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The Borgsumburg on Föhr has an outer diameter of 140 meters and is exceptionally well preserved
(Photo: P. L. Frederiks, NIhK)
Excavation site of the 2021 campaign
(Photo: P. L. Frederiks, NIhK)
Excavation on the section of the wall
(Photo: P. L. Frederiks, NIhK)
Section of a wall constructed out of sods
(Photo: NIhK)
Video from The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute
The recording of April’s monthly research seminar, featuring Dr Martin Segschneider on two fortifications in Germany’s North Frisian Islands.