Shock and awe! On Friday, we received the incredible news that a Viking sword had been found at high altitude in our county.
The discovery was made during reindeer hunting.
The find spot is in a scree-covered area with traces of permafrost movement, situated at 1640 m above sea level. Einar Åmbakk [the finder] told us that the sword was lying with the hilt down between the stones and half of the blade sticking out.
The survey, which covered a distance of up to 20 m from the find spot, did not result in any further finds. The sword is thus an isolated find.
The sword would most likely have had bone, wood or leather covering the grip, but the organic parts are no longer preserved.
This news is kind of old now (September 2017), but I love the excitement of the article’s author. If you scroll to the bottom, they included a 25-second video clip of the sword, which I rarely ever see with artifacts.
