Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.
Archaeologists from Oxford believe the men were probably executed by local Anglo Saxons in front of an audience sometime between AD 910 and AD 1030.
Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings'
Also look at the document describing the scandinavian settlement of the islands.
Archaeologists from Oxford believe the men were probably executed by local Anglo Saxons in front of an audience sometime between AD 910 and AD 1030.
Weymouth ridgeway skeletons 'Scandinavian Vikings'
Also look at the document describing the scandinavian settlement of the islands.