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| Architect | unknown |
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| Location | Sjaelland, Denmark | ||||
| Date | 1000 timeline | ||||
| Building Type | fortress | ||||
| Construction System | timber and earthworks | ||||
| Climate | cold temperate | ||||
| Context | rural | ||||
| Style | Early Nordic Vernacular | ||||
| Notes | "Trelleborg". Long-houses, forming perhaps more an encampment than a fortress. | ||||
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| Drawings | Available on The GBC CD-ROM. | ||||
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| Discussion | Viking Fortress Commentary
See also the Danish Vernacular House, with later but related form and construction. | ||||
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Sources on Viking Fortress
Holger Arbman. Ancient Peoples and Places, The Vikings. London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. aerial photo of Trelleborg military encampment, plate24. Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. four-square diagram, p189. — Updated edition available at Amazon.com Eric Graf Oxenstierna. The World of the Norsemen. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1967. photo of reconstruction of barracks at Trelleborg, plate 63a, between p138-139. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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