The A to Z of the Vikings 20. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age | 168 KVIVIK rit ON um rett meaning improved corrected things perhaps in terms of securing law and order. KVIVIK. Site of a late 10th-century longhouse on the island of Strey-moy which is the best preserved Viking-Age farmstead on the Faroe Islands. Unfortunately part of the site is now lost having been eroded by the sea. A large rectangular house some 20 meters long with a central hearth and thick stone and turf walls stood at Kvrvik along with a byre that could house about 12 cattle in stone stalls. Finds from the site include a wooden toy horse. Kvrvi k provides some of the earliest evidence for Scandinavian settlement on the Faroe Islands. - L - LABRADOR. See MARKLAND. LADBY SHIP. Ship burial discovered on a ridge overlooking Keter-minde Fjord northeast Fyn Denmark in the 1930s. Most of ship s hull has rotted away but it has been possible to reconstruct it on the basis of the impression left in the ground and the positioning of the remaining iron rivets that fastened the planking to the hull. The ship was meters long meters broad and meters deep with 16 pairs of oars. It had first been covered by a wooden roof and then a mound had been constructed over it. A full-size reconstruction of the ship Imme Gran has been built and sailed successfully. There was evidence that the grave had been disturbed and possibly robbed at some point. No body has been found and many of the grave goods are fragmented or dispersed over the stern section of the boat. However some 6 000 articles or fragments of articles have been uncovered and the number and character of these suggests a high-status burial. Finds include the remains of 11 horses 4 dogs decorated harnesses for the dogs and horses a solid silver buckle of ninth-century Frankish see Carolingian workmanship 45 arrowheads and a wooden gaming board. The burial has been dated to the 10th century. L ANSE AUX MEADOWS 169 LADE ON HlaOir . Lade was the seat of a number of powerful VikingAge earls located on the .
