Viking boat timbers used to build houses in Ireland

An excavation of a Viking settlement in Ireland has should that the settlers used wood from their long-boats to build houses and jetties.

Archaeologists also discovered sections of mud and wattle walls, door posts, sections of the bow of a Viking boat, fragments of decorated hair combs, metal artefacts, coins, bronze clothing pins for tying cloaks, shoe leather, fish bones, and scales, and cat skulls.

Ms Brett said the discovery of the remains of an 11m jetty some 3m to 4m inside the modern-day quay walls was among the more significant finds.

“We also found an axe head nearby which showed that they were working the wood for the jetty on site,” she said.

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Story: Eoin English, Irish Examiner | Photo: Irish Examiner