L'Anse aux Meadows, NL.
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L'Anse aux Meadows, NL. |
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L'Anse aux Meadows was a Norse settlement and is now a UNESCO world heritage site located on the northern most tip of the island of Newfoundland. Evidence of a Norse presence was discovered here in the 1960s. It is the only Viking site on the mainland of North America. They have earthen covered buildings like the Vikings used to build, and evidence shows this location had approximately 8 buildings and was occupied around 1000 AD. |
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This archaeological site consists of eight timber-framed turf structures built in the same style as those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland from the same time period. The buildings include three dwellings, one forge and four workshops, on a narrow terrace overlooking a peat bog and small brook near the shore of Epaves Bay in the Straight of Belle Isle. |
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