Archaeologists have uncovered an enormous Viking-era farm in northwestern England — the largest ... significant as physical traces of Viking settlements in this region are extremely rare.

Over 1,000 years ago, on June 8th 793 AD, a small band of Vikings sailed down the eastern coast of England. Their target was a monastery, called Lindisfarne, and they decided to launch a surprise ...

Archaeologists have discovered Britain's largest known Viking-era building, offering new insights into early medieval life. The structure, buried beneath a field at High Tarns Farm in northwest ...

Animaginary dividing line was agreed to run across England, from London in the south towards Chester in the north west. Vikings travelled from Scandinavia to Britain. They mostly settled in the ...

But while Viking history in Cumbria is well-documented, archaeologists have unearthed few buildings, likely because later settlements ... with Historic England, told BBC News’ Federica Bedendo ...

Famously, the Viking period is usually marked by the raid on Lindisfarne, a small island off the northeastern coast of England, in 793 ... founding numerous trading hubs and settlements across Europe.

From their mastery of the seas to their influence over lands as far from home as Russia and North America, the Scandinavian raiders known as the Vikings shaped the world for centuries. Swift and ...