![]() The forge at Bork Vikingehavn was also inspired by similar, but slightly older buildings in Snejbjerg near Herning. The forgeĮxcavations in Vorbasse in central Jutland show that Viking Age forges could be housed in very simple buildings. The farmer's main building had cattle at one end, and the Vikings were first and foremost farmers with both livestock and arable farming. The house in Tarm consisted of 3-4 rooms. It was located on the top of a 100×100 meter Viking Age farmstead that existed from around 700 to 300 years ago. The house is a reconstruction of a house excavated in Tarm. Archaeologists believe that it connected Nymindegab with Varde and that it may have been part of the north-south West Jutland army road. ![]() Here, a 50-meter-long paved roadway has been excavated, which also includes a bridge over a stream. The jetty and its attachment to the shore are inspired by a find from Nybro, about 25 km southeast of Bork Vikingehavn. The gable of the house is smeared with wood tar without color pigment - all materials that were also in use 1,000 years ago. In addition to blood, fish glue, fish oil, linseed oil and wood tar were used. Doors and wind sheaths in the gables are painted with ox blood with added pigment. The windows are made of untanned skin (parchment) stretched over wooden frames. The West Jutland Vikings, on the other hand, had plenty of reeds, so the houses have strong thatched roofs. Other houses are made of rafters and willow wickerwork, as in Hedeby. This is why the fences and some of the house walls at Bork Vikingehavn are made of turf. In the wood-poor moorlands of western Jutland there was a shortage of building timber in the Viking Age.
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