Nine medieval ships found in Oslo mud

A construction manager's nightmare- archaeology found on his site.

Not really this time: it's not only the largest number of Norwegian ships ever founf - but this is Oslo's newest district ... and at the same time now the oldest.

They'll make advantage out of that.

This is a 3D model showing the new development site on Google.earth




(A report with a photo ...




.. has been published [in Norwegian, the above translated with Google] in "Dagsavisen"
http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article366012.ece

"bear marks of fire"?

This is super cool.

There was a dramatic fire in Oslo in 1624 destroying nearly all and everything. (The Danish King Christian IV decided the town to be rebuilt.)

That is so interesting - the medieval period is my favourite time in history. I'd love to hear more about these ships.

ah!

The largest seems to be 17 meters long (and there might be a couple more in the mud).



It'll certainly take some time until you can exactly say what kind of ships it had been - there aren't any example of Norwegian ships after the Vikings until then.

My guess is that they look similar to the caravels which were common in other countries in the late medieval period and afterwards. But: it can be hulks [holks] as well.