Artefacts from the Viking Age and Norman period

See for my blog here and the artefacts under the image.

‘…hold the roots…’


‘It is people like you who hold the roots and give back to many who thought they were lost.’ Rhiannon Scharfetter – Vienna, Austria https://myskaldkonur.com

I have been suggested to contact you, a Viking specialist, for your competence and sensibility to the problems of those interested in ancient objects.’ Antonio Barsotti – Pisa, Italy. 

Book Vikings and the artefacts from the Viking Age (published October 2025) image on front: Luit van der Tuuk.

Viking agricultural sickle

Photo: Luit van der Tuuk

Found York. Iron 9 length with tapared tang with curved tip to lock on the grip. Excavated with considerable original surface intact. Vikings farmed in season and Viking farms covered considerable areas of present day England. (aanvullen, afmetingen/gewicht)

Middle ages farming calendar