Reviews of Viking Stone. (Museum) in Plymouth (Devon).
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Information of Viking Stone, Museum in Plymouth (Devon)
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Reviews of Viking Stone
E. B.such a cool piece of history! wandering around town and finding stuff like this super fun - there are interesting little glimpses into the past all over the city!
A. M.Love the views and history surrounding this area! All hail Sir Francis Dranke!! Ha. Lots of shops and food Outlets for take away and eat in and choice just a stroke away. Smeaton tower lighthouse an amazing landmark and at the heart of this area. War memorials and other sightseeing gems are lovely set in a beautiful place. Highly recommended.
A. K.One piece of living history. 'Because Wessex remained independent in the 9th century, there has never been much examination of Scandinavian influence in that part of the United Kingdom. But we’re beginning to get a different picture suggesting that Viking leaders such as Svein and his son Knut were active as far south as Devon and Cornwall in the West Country.
In 838AD, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded a battle fought at Hingston Down in east Cornwall in which the local Britons joined forces with the Vikings against King Egbert of Wessex and his attempts to expand his kingdom. The fiercely independent Cornish appear to have held out against West Saxon control and presumably cast around for a strong ally in their fight. But why were Viking leaders interested in aiding the Cornish? Perhaps it was a political move, made in the hope of gaining a foothold in the peninsula in order to use it as a strategic base against Wessex. If so, it was thwarted, as the allied army was soundly defeated.
There are also records of raids for plunder in the West Country. A Viking fleet sailed up the river Tamar in 997, attacked the abbey at Tavistock and brought back treasure to their ships.
There is further evidence indicating Scandinavians in the West Country in a close examination of stone sculptures in Devon and Cornwall which has revealed Scandinavian art motifs and monument forms. A Norwegian Borre ring chain ornament decorates the cross in Cardinham churchyard in east Cornwall and a mounted warrior is in one of the panels of the Copplestone Cross near Crediton, mid Devon. Both are matched by examples in northern England in the Viking Age, but seem out of place in the West. Late versions of the “hogback” memorial stones, which have a pronounced ridge and look like a small stone long house, are well known in Cornwall too – the best example is at Lanivet near Bodmin.
These sort of memorials were popular with the Norse settlers in Cumbria and Yorkshire and may be the work of itinerant sculptors bringing new ideas into the West, or patrons ordering forms and patterns which they had seen elsewhere. However, the possibility that the patrons may have been Scandinavian settlers cannot be excluded.'
Resource: theconversation.com
A. M.Not my words but copied straight from Chris Robinson's Plymouth.
Viking Stone Commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the last Viking raid up the Tamar, this stone was presented to the City by representatives of five Scandinavian countries to demonstrate the friendship and good faith that now exist between England and Scandinavia. The Rhune –stone itself was made by Danish sculptor Magnuss Krugh Anderssen and was unveiled in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Plymouth and Magnuss Magnusson who delivered a speech on the story of the Vikings in Britain.
P.Lovely commemorative stone. Worth seeing. So much history in Plymouth
O. B.Historic stone commemorating the 1,000th year since the last viking raid up the river tamer.
G. F.It's a stone.
J. W.Amazing views.
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