It turns out that Vikings didn't settle on one specific burial practice but instead could be very individual. Sometimes a person might be buried with a single wooden or stone marker, but sometimes burials included many stones to present the shape of a ship or a room. And sometimes they just created stone patterns for burials that defy easy explanation.
Most such sites are lost through time due to the land or the stones themselves being re-used, but at Lindholm Hoje a sandstorm covered an entire burial ground, leaving it preserved into the modern day when it was rediscovered:
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Most such sites are lost through time due to the land or the stones themselves being re-used, but at Lindholm Hoje a sandstorm covered an entire burial ground, leaving it preserved into the modern day when it was rediscovered:
Lindholm Hoje: Scandinavia’s Largest Viking Burial Ground
Lindholm Hoje, a remarkable Viking burial site in Denmark, features over 700 graves and offers profound insights into Viking culture and funerary practices.
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