107 relations: Aerial photography, Aggersborg, Anglo-Normans, Öland, Breton language, Britain in the Middle Ages, Bronze Age, Cadson Bury, Caer Bran, Cahercommaun, Caherconnell Stone Fort, Caherconree, Caherdaniel, Callington, Cornwall, Carlidnack, Cashel, County Tipperary, Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major, Castle Dore, Celliwig, Celts, Chûn Castle, Chronology, Circular rampart, Circular rampart of Burg, Continental Europe, Cornish language, Cornwall, County Cork, Culhwch and Olwen, Dún Ailinne, Dún Aonghasa, Dún Dúchathair, Dendrochronology, Early Middle Ages, Earthworks (engineering), Eóganachta, Eketorp, Fairy, Fairy fort, Fogou, Fortification, Fyrkat, Gaul, Gerald of Wales, Goidelic languages, Grianan of Aileach, Harald Bluetooth, Hill of Tara, Hill of Ward, Hillfort, ..., Hillfort of Otzenhausen, History of Christianity, Iberian Peninsula, Ireland, Irish language, Iron Age, Ismantorp Fortress, Kelly Rounds, L-plan castle, Leprechaun, Limerick, Lisnagade, Mark of Cornwall, Modern history, Mooghaun, Motte-and-bailey castle, Mount Sandel Fort, Munster, Navan Fort, Nobility, Nonnebakken, Normans, Northern Europe, Ordnance Survey, Pa gur, Palisade, Pollen, Pottery, Prideaux Castle, Promontory fort, Radiocarbon dating, Rathcroghan, Ringwork, Royal sites of Ireland, Sandby borg, Severnside, Shannon Airport, Shell keep, Souterrain, South Wales, Staigue stone fort, Status symbol, Stratigraphy, Sweden, Sweyn Forkbeard, Tregonning Hill, Trelleborg (Slagelse), Trethurgy, Triggshire, Tristan and Iseult, Tullyhogue Fort, Ulster, Varbola Stronghold, Viking Age, Viking ring fortress, Warbstow Bury, Welsh language. Expand index (57 more) »
Aerial photography
Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other flying object.
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Aggersborg
Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring castles, and one of the largest archaeological sites in Denmark.
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Anglo-Normans
The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Anglo-Saxons, Normans and French, following the Norman conquest.
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Öland
Öland (known in Latin as Oelandia, and sometimes written Øland in other Scandinavian languages, and Oland internationally) is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden.
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Breton language
Breton (brezhoneg or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Brittany.
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Britain in the Middle Ages
During most of the Middle Ages (c. 410–1485 AD), the island of Great Britain was divided into several kingdoms.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.
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Cadson Bury
Cadson Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about south-west of Callington, in Cornwall, England.
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Caer Bran
Caer Bran Hill Fort is an archaeological site near Sancreed and Carn Euny Iron Age village, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall.
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Cahercommaun
Cahercommaun, sometimes Cahercommane, is a triple stone ringfort on the south-east edge of the Burren area, in Kilnaboy, near the rural village of Carran, in County Clare, Ireland.
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Caherconnell Stone Fort
Caherconnell is an exceptionally well-preserved medieval stone ringfort in region known as the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
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Caherconree
Caherconree is a mountain on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Caherdaniel
Caherdaniel is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, located on the Iveragh peninsula on the Ring of Kerry.
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Callington, Cornwall
Callington (Kelliwik) is a civil parish and town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston.
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Carlidnack
Carlidnack (or Carlinack) is a hamlet in the parish of MawnanCornwall, England.
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Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland.
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Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major
Castle an Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort at the summit of Castle Downs near St Columb Major in Cornwall, UK and is considered one of the most important hillforts in the southwest of Britain.
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Castle Dore
Castle Dore is an Iron Age hill fort (ringfort) near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at.
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Celliwig
Celliwig, Kelliwic or Gelliwic is perhaps the earliest named location for the court of King Arthur.
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Celts
The Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.
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Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Chronology
Chronology (from Latin chronologia, from Ancient Greek χρόνος, chrónos, "time"; and -λογία, -logia) is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time.
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Circular rampart
A circular rampart (German: Ringwall) is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering.
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Circular rampart of Burg
The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
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Continental Europe
Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.
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Cornish language
Cornish (Kernowek) is a revived language that became extinct as a first language in the late 18th century.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.
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County Cork
County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland.
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Culhwch and Olwen
Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest, ca.
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Dún Ailinne
Dún Ailinne (sometimes anglicized Dun Aulin) is an ancient ceremonial site on the hill of Cnoc Ailinne (Knockaulin) in County Kildare, Ireland.
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Dún Aonghasa
Dún Aonghasa (anglicized Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland.
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Dún Dúchathair
Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair (anglicized Doocaher), meaning "black fort", is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, (Killeany), Inishmore (one of the Aran Islands) in County Galway, Ireland.
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Dendrochronology
Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in order to analyze atmospheric conditions during different periods in history.
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Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages or Early Medieval Period, typically regarded as lasting from the 5th or 6th century to the 10th century CE, marked the start of the Middle Ages of European history.
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Earthworks (engineering)
Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.
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Eóganachta
The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, and its offshoot Carbery, to the late 16th century.
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Eketorp
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Öland, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages.
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Fairy
A fairy (also fata, fay, fey, fae, fair folk; from faery, faerie, "realm of the fays") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
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Fairy fort
Fairy forts (also known as raths from the Irish, referring to an earthen mound) are the remains of lios (ringforts), hillforts or other circular dwellings in Ireland.
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Fogou
A fogou or fougou (pronounced "foo-goo") is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in Cornwall.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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Fyrkat
Fyrkat is a former Viking ring castle in Denmark, dating from c. 980 AD.
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Gaul
Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.
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Gerald of Wales
Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Gymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman archdeacon of Brecon and historian.
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Goidelic languages
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages (teangacha Gaelacha; cànanan Goidhealach; çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages.
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Grianan of Aileach
The Grianan of Aileach (Grianán Ailigh, sometimes anglicised as Greenan Ely or Greenan Fort) is a hillfort atop the high Greenan Mountain at Inishowen in County Donegal, Ireland.
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Harald Bluetooth
Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Haraldr Gormsson, Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway.
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Hill of Tara
The Hill of Tara (Teamhair or Teamhair na Rí), located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Ireland.
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Hill of Ward
The Hill of Ward (formerly Tlachtgha) is a hill in County Meath, Ireland.
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Hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.
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Hillfort of Otzenhausen
The Celtic hill fort of Otzenhausen is one of the biggest fortifications the Celts ever constructed.
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History of Christianity
The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, Christendom, and the Church with its various denominations, from the 1st century to the present.
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Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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Irish language
The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.
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Ismantorp Fortress
Ismantorp Fortress (Ismantorps fornborg) is a ringfort located on Öland Island in Sweden constructed during the Migration Period.
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Kelly Rounds
Kelly Rounds, or Castle Killibury is an Iron Age hill fort in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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L-plan castle
An L-plan castle is a castle or towerhouse in the shape of an L, typically built in the 13th to the 17th century.
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Leprechaun
A leprechaun (leipreachán/luchorpán) is a type of fairy of the Aos Sí in Irish folklore.
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Limerick
Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in County Limerick, Ireland.
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Lisnagade
Lisnagade is a large multivallate earthen ringfort, three miles west of Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the Scarva road.
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Mark of Cornwall
Mark of Cornwall (Latin Marcus, Cornish Margh, Welsh March, Breton Marc'h) was a king of Kernow (Cornwall) in the early 6th century.
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Modern history
Modern history, the modern period or the modern era, is the linear, global, historiographical approach to the time frame after post-classical history.
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Mooghaun
Mooghaun is a late Bronze Age hill fort located in County Clare, Ireland.
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Motte-and-bailey castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
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Mount Sandel Fort
Mount Sandel Fort is an Iron Age fort in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Munster
Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.
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Navan Fort
Navan Fort (Old Irish: Emain Macha, Modern Irish: Eamhain Mhacha) is an ancient ceremonial monument near Armagh, Ireland.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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Nonnebakken
Nonnebakken (literally, "The Nun Hill") is a hill in Odense, Denmark.
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.
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Northern Europe
Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.
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Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.
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Pa gur
Poem 31 of the Black Book of Carmarthen, a mid-13th century manuscript, is known from its first line as Pa gur yv y porthaur? (meaning "What man is the gatekeeper?") or Pa gur, or alternatively as Ymddiddan Arthur a Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr ("The dialogue of Arthur and Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr").
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Palisade
A palisade—sometimes called a stakewall or a paling—is typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes or tree trunks and used as a defensive structure or enclosure.
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Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).
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Pottery
Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.
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Prideaux Castle
Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m (435 ft) high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Promontory fort
A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.
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Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Rathcroghan
Rathcroghan is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland.
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Ringwork
A ringwork is a form of fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape.
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Royal sites of Ireland
The royal sites of Ireland served as the seats for the Gaelic kings of Ireland.
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Sandby borg
Sandby borg is an Iron Age ringfort, one of at least 15 on the island of Öland, Sweden.
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Severnside
The geographical term Severnside refers to an area adjoining or straddling the River Severn or its estuary in Great Britain.
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Shannon Airport
Shannon Airport (Aerfort na Sionna) is one of Ireland's three primary airports, along with Dublin and Cork.
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Shell keep
A shell keep is a style of medieval fortification, best described as a stone structure circling the top of a motte.
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Souterrain
Souterrain (from French sous terrain, meaning "under ground") is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age.
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South Wales
South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.
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Staigue stone fort
Staigue or Staig (or Caiseal Stéig) is a ruined stone ringfort three miles west of Sneem, on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Status symbol
A status symbol is a perceived visible, external denotation of one's social position and perceived indicator of economic or social status.
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Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Sweyn Forkbeard
Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 960 – 3 February 1014) was king of Denmark during 986–1014.
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Tregonning Hill
Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount's Bay in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the other being Godolphin Hill.
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Trelleborg (Slagelse)
The Trelleborg (or Trælleborg) west of Slagelse on the Danish island of Zealand, is one of seven Viking ring castles discovered as of 2014.
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Trethurgy
Trethurgy is a village in the parish of Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Triggshire
The hundred of Trigg (also known as Triggshire) was one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall—see "Hundreds of Cornwall".
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Tristan and Iseult
Tristan and Iseult is a tale made popular during the 12th century through Anglo-Norman literature, inspired by Celtic legend, particularly the stories of Deirdre and Naoise and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne.
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Tullyhogue Fort
Tullyhogue Fort, also spelt Tullaghoge or Tullahoge (from Middle Irish Tulach Óc meaning "hill of youth" or "mound of the young warriors"), is large mound on the outskirts of Tullyhogue village near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh, Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is a province in the north of the island of Ireland.
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Varbola Stronghold
The Varbola Stronghold (Castrum Warbole., Varbola Jaanilinn) was the largest circular rampart fortress and trading centre built in Estonia, in Harju County (Harria) in the 10th – 12th centuries.
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Viking Age
The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age.
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Viking ring fortress
A Viking ring fortress, ring fort or Trelleborg-type fortress is a type of circular fort of a special design, built by the Vikings in the Viking Age.
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Warbstow Bury
Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about west of the village of Warbstow, in Cornwall, England.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringfort