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ID: 6002176
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002176
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fyrkat (abandoned complex)  Fyrkat (abandoned complex)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 37 24 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.6230  decimal degrees
Long: 009 46 14 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.7700  decimal degrees

Note: Site of a Viking ring castle, which is a circular fortification, dating to ca. 980 CE; built by the Danish king Harold Bluetooth. The moat has been dug out and the earthworks around the ruins stabilized. Near the fortress site is a reconstructed Viking longhouse.

Names:
Fyrkat (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Fyrkat (Danish-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Denmark (nation)  ........  Denmark (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nordjylland (region (administrative division))  ............  Nordjylland (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Fyrkat (abandoned complex)  ................  Fyrkat (abandoned complex) (P)

Place Types:
abandoned complex (preferred, C)
ruins (C)
archaeological site (C)
castle (H)
fortification (H)  ............  built by King Harold Bluetooth of Denmark ca. 980
Viking (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Hobro .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Europe, Denmark, Nordjylland) [1027908]

Sources and Contributors:
Fyrkat..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) in entry "Denmark: History: The Vikiing Age," accessed 19 Jan. 2004
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 343
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) in entry "Denmark: History: The Vikiing Age," accessed 19 Jan. 2004
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 343
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1989)

 

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