Long-Lost Viking Waterway Leading To Orkney, The Great Norse Empire – Discovered

A lost Viking waterway that ran across Orkney and connected the North Atlantic and Scapa Flow 1,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists. Credit: University of St. Andrews

Vikings traveled to new lands to conquer and Orkney became one of the places where they established a great Norse Empire.

But how did Vikings reach Orkney? A study of Old Norse names combined with modern scientific methods, remote sensing geophysical mapping and sediment samples has revealed a lost Viking waterway running through the Orkney Mainland, connecting the North Atlantic and Scapa Flow, possibly forming the equivalent of an ancient ‘highway’.

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