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Top image: Left, Archaeologist Charlotte Finnebråten shows one of the large rivets from the Viking ship at Jarlsberg. Right, Site of Viking ship burial at Jarlsberg Manor, Norway. Source: Museum of Cultural History / University of Oslo

No ship was found.

Tønsberg, Norway. 793 to 1066 AD. Greece and Rome. Debated. Free

No ship was found.

Debated. Iron rivets were found, but no wooden ship was dug up.

The field is at Jarlsberg Manor, near Tønsberg, in Vestfold, Norway. About 70 old iron rivets have been picked from the soil. They are large enough to hold planks up to 2.4 centimetres thick. Archaeologists say the rivets are the remains of a large Viking ship once buried in a mound. Ploughing has wiped the mound off the surface, but radar still shows its traces. Iron spikes for horse hooves were found as well. No skeleton has been found. The Viking Age date given for the site is 793 to 1066 AD.

Experts still only guess that the grave belonged to a ruler named Bjorn Farmann.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-ship-burial-jarlsberg-manor-0020986