Dunrally Fort

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Dunrally Fort ( Irish Longphort Rothlaibh , Dun Rothlaibh ) is destroyed in the year 862 Rath in County Laois in Ireland , in which subsequently an early Viking settlement or a winter camp of Turgesius was. It is about 2.0 km northeast of Vikcarstown and about 8.0 km north-northwest of Athy , near the confluence of the River Glasha and the River Barrow .

More Irish places are used as so-called Longphorts ( Irish longphoirt ) viewed - Athlunkard ( Irish Áth Longfoirt ) in County Clare , Linn Duachaill at Annagassan in County Louth and Woodstown near Waterford .

Dunrally Fort is a 360 m long and 150 m wide oval earthwork on the River Barrow . In the past it was considered a Rath of Irish construction. It has an inner diameter of about 50 m, which is surrounded by a high earth wall and a ditch. The review of the site led to the conclusion that this structure is only the central part of a larger one. A huge D-shaped area is enclosed by the barrow and a tributary as well as a moat and wall. A basin in the River Barrow provided anchorage for Viking ships. There was also a ford nearby.

The note in the annals of the destruction of Longphort Rothlaibh was recognized as an attack on Dunrally Fort. It is believed that the Longphort was founded by the Viking Rodolf (Irish Rothlabh ), who had been active in the area for about a decade. He used a base in Waterford for raids along the Barrow, Nore and Suir rivers . Months later, a Viking named Rodolf appeared on the Rhine as the leader of a group of Vikings that invaded Cologne. Rodolf was the son of Harold, a King of Denmark who was expelled from Denmark in 827. Rodolf died in 873.

literature

  • Eamonn P. Kelly, John Maas: Vikings on the Barrow: Dunrally Fort, a Possible Viking Longphort in County Laois. In: Archeology Ireland. Vol. 9, No. 3 = The Viking Issue , 1995, ISSN  0790-892X , pp. 30-32, JSTOR 20558681 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ In 2003 archaeological investigations along the route of a proposed road near Waterford city uncovered a large number of Viking artefacts including lead weights and silver ingots. In: [1]
  2. ↑ Eamonn P. Kelly, John Maas: Vikings on the Barrow. In: Archeology Ireland. The Viking Issue (= Archeology Ireland. Issue Number 33 (Volume 9 Number 3)). Archeology Ireland Ltd., 1995, ISSN  0790-982X , pp. 30-32.
  3. ↑ Eamonn P. Kelly, Edmond O'Donovan: A Viking longphort near Athlunkard Co. Clare. In: Archeology Ireland. (= Archeology Ireland. Issue Number 46 (Volume 12 Number 4)). Archeology Ireland Ltd., 1998, ISSN  0790-982X , pp. 13-17.

Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 3 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 17.3 ″  W.