Viking Pallisade

The Jelling monument is a large rune stone capturing Harold Bluetooth's immortality, two large burial mounds and a medieval church in between. Or so it was thought.

Extensive excavations have revealed that the monument stands at the center of what was once a very large compound. Harold's power surrounded the compound with a large wooden palisade, which housed a dozen large long-houses, enough pasture to house cattle and other livestock and plenty of room left over to conduct the daily affairs of the Vikings who lived there.

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