Researchers into the colourful history of the Vikings in Britain have staged their own invasion of the Orkney isles in the North Atlantic to look for new clues to our Norse heritage.
They will be revealing their discoveries to Viking enthusiasts, academics and students from all over the country at the annual Midlands Viking Symposium at The University of Nottingham this weekend.
PhD students from the University’s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age are part of The Orkney Viking Heritage Project which also involves researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and the Highlands and Islands. The Arts & Humanities Research Council-funded project aims to close a skills gap in the field of heritage research and is a collaboration between academics, doctoral researchers and heritage professionals.
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