The 49-hectare site in the Coquet Valley, Northumbria, has been explored by metal detectorists for the past 15 years
A Viking Great Army camp discovered on a Northumbrian hilltop gives physical backing to early chroniclers' accounts of raids against the Celtic Picts, experts say.
The 49-hectare site in the Coquet Valley, Northumbria, has been explored by metal detectorists for the past 15 years.
They have found artifacts including gaming counters, coins and other items which indicate the presence of the Vikings.
Now, archaeologists currently working at the site say the finds confirm written accounts describing what happened after the Great Army split in two following its conquest of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Oxford University archaeologist Dr Jane Kershaw said it adds physical evidence to a sole written account describing how an army under the Viking commander Halfdan ravaged territories including those of the Picts in today's Northumberland
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