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Centuries-Old Watchtower Found In Trondheim
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| 3-13-2007
| Cato Guhnfeldt
Posted on 03/13/2007 4:00:41 PM PDT by blam
Centuries-old watchtower found in Trondheim
Archaeologists in Trondheim have found the remains of what they believe was a watchtower made of stone, probably dating from the time of King Sverre in the 1100s.
Here's a drawing of the tower believed to have been at least five stories tall.
Archaeologist Ian Reed says the tower's floor is in good shape.
The tower was located near the mouth of the river Nidelv, at lower left.
The tower, which may have been more than 20 meters high, is being called an "incredibly rare discovery" that can shed new light on Trondheim's history.
Preservation experts believe the tower ruins will be a new attraction in the city that's famed for its landmark Nidaros Cathedral. It's only the second non-church-related stone structure found from the early Middle Ages in Trondheim.
The tower is mentioned in a saga written in connection with a massacre in the city in 1206. It was discovered under two buildings that were about to be torn down to make way for a new hotel.
The portion that probably was the tower's first floor was being used as a vaulted cellar under the buildings. Sissel Skoglund of the state Office of Historic Monuments' Trondheim chapter (Riksantikvaren) said it's subject to automatic preservation but may be incorporated into the hotel. Discussions were set to begin with the hotel's developer, Entra Eiendom.
Archaeologist Ian Reed said the tower was located close to the mouth of the river Nidelven, with a view over the fjord. Its floor is in excellent condition and he and his colleagues have also found the sides of the tower's lower walls, which are about a meter-and-a-half thick.
Reed believes the tower was torn down in the late 1600s because residents needed its stone blocks for foundations for new homes built after a major fire, or for repairs to Nidaros Cathedral.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: century; godsgravesglyphs; kingsverre; norway; trondheim; watchtower
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:00:46 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:02:01 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Neat! Thanks for the post!
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:05:02 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: blam
From the names, I assume we're talking about Norway or Minn.
To: blam
"Archaeologist Ian Reed said the tower was located close to the mouth of the river Nidelven, with a view over the fjord." They seem to have situated the watchtower in a strategic place, at a point of entry at a high elevation.
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:15:18 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: carolinalivin
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:18:43 PM PDT
by
blam
To: franksolich
One's memory may be faulty - don't you have the Norway ping list?
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:20:17 PM PDT
by
decal
(Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives - the Progs have never figured this out.)
To: blam
Thanx. I really appreciate your posts, but I think you should automatically give the region or country. Many are like me and don't knwow much but the capital cities.
To: carolinalivin
"I think you should automatically give the region or country. Many are like me and don't knwow much but the capital cities." Thanks for reminding me why I'm no longer married and never will be again.
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:37:38 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
My Grandmothers home town - thanks for posting.
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:41:26 PM PDT
by
Bobibutu
To: blam
Thanx for your sarcastic response to my request. I guess you post here to be left alone, so I can begin now.
To: blam
Centuries-Old Watchtower Found In TrondheimHave the Jehovah's Witnesses been around that long?
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:46:44 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: carolinalivin
And from the dates, you can narrow it down even farther. :)
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posted on
03/13/2007 4:49:06 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: blam
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posted on
03/13/2007 5:00:17 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
( and Julius Ceasar said, "quae cum ita sunt.")
To: blam
So, Jimi Hendrix was originally from Norway....???
What abuot Bob Dylan....????
To: carolinalivin
Been there. More than once. In December. Hundred miles north of the Arctic circle. Cold. Dark. Asked an old timer there once what he thought the most famous thing about his city was and after carefull consideration replied "Clark Gable bombed us during WWII".
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posted on
03/13/2007 6:50:04 PM PDT
by
crabpott
(' we are living in the strangest, most perilous, and unbelievable decade in modern memory' VDH)
To: carolinalivin
Been there. More than once. In December. Hundred miles north of the Arctic circle. Cold. Dark. Asked an old timer there once what he thought the most famous thing about his city was and after carefull consideration replied "Clark Gable bombed us during WWII".
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posted on
03/13/2007 6:50:15 PM PDT
by
crabpott
(' we are living in the strangest, most perilous, and unbelievable decade in modern memory' VDH)
To: carolinalivin
Been there. More than once. In December. Hundred miles north of the Arctic circle. Cold. Dark. Asked an old timer there once what he thought the most famous thing about his city was and after carefull consideration replied "Clark Gable bombed us during WWII".
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posted on
03/13/2007 6:50:19 PM PDT
by
crabpott
(' we are living in the strangest, most perilous, and unbelievable decade in modern memory' VDH)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
Ordinarily I don't ping to Middle Ages topic, but hey, when I saw this was about Trondheim... ;')
Thanks Blam.
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the
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posted on
03/13/2007 10:04:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Sunday, March 11, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: blam
Blam, you did a superb job of answering her question with the perfect map and the Trondheim link. Taking the extra time to provide such elucidation was most thoughtful on your part. It was a lesson then, to all whose labors are unappreciated and whose good deeds never seem to go unpunished, when you responded to a totally undeserved and gratuitous criticism without any detectable trace of malice. You turned away wrath with a quiet word of explanation, and by merely thanking your attacker for reaffirming a decision you had made in the past, you deftly averted a potentially nonproductive exchange of terse and uncomplimentary words.
I just hope she doesn't take it out on her poor husband tonight.
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posted on
03/13/2007 10:59:51 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
(AE, AA , MBS)
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