Overview
- Researchers announced the discovery on Wednesday after a 10-month rescue excavation that began in August 2025 and covered about 100,000 square meters.
- Excavators uncovered roughly 82 pit houses and a dedicated flax‑processing area with spindle whorls, loom weights, scissors, and other textile tools that show large‑scale manufacture.
- The layout — separate workshop zones and a single residential house — suggests centralized oversight by a powerful actor who controlled resources and output.
- Finds of silver coins, glass beads, pearls and imported‑style metalwork indicate the site fed markets beyond the local area and linked into the trading hub of Aarhus (Aros).
- Archaeologists now plan carbon dating, pollen analysis and further study to refine the site’s date range, identify the kinds of textiles produced, and clarify how this changes views of Viking economic organization.