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Sea Stallion from Glendalough
Watch a video about the Viking ship replica’s construction and first voyage (03:03)
By: Brendan McCabe
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Comments (6)
I wonder why in these viking ship replicas I have rarely (if ever) seen a 'figure head' in place, the reason they were called 'dragon ships', etc. Was it only raiding ships that were so decked out? Were the ships used for trading 'plainer'?
Posted by Kathy on December 30,2011 | 05:38 PM
Iliked all the videos without any exception.Great!
Posted by vyacheslav hromov on May 11,2011 | 08:29 AM
Thank you fascinating article.
Posted by j Good on October 14,2010 | 12:25 PM
When I was a small child living in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England in the mid or late 1940s, I remember another Viking replica boat moored at the stage of the Bognor pier after travelling there from Denmark. So far I have not been able to find a reference to this replica, nor the date of its visit. Anyone out there know of it?
Posted by Jo Hammond on October 13,2010 | 08:15 PM
Hi Patricia
There is a couple of interesting webpages, but you need to google the Danish word for Sea stallion which is havhingsten. Wikipedia says it was built from oak from Glendalough. The original ship was built i Ireland around year 1000 but was found near Roskilde in Denmark in the 1960'es.
Kind regards Ellen
Posted by Ellen Pedersen on October 8,2010 | 03:39 AM
I loved the story about the Viking Mystery as I am interested in archaeology. I read the one about the Viking ship replica and have one question. Why is it called the "Sea Stallion from Glendalough"? I have seen the ruins there & wonder if the Vikings did that? I just don't get the connection, otherwise.
Posted by Patricia Lavato on October 7,2010 | 01:26 PM