VISITORS to York Minster can meet Vikings this half term in the cathedral’s chapter house.
As part of the city’s Viking Festival this week, actors will show off authentic and replica Viking artefacts and help the public discover more about the Minster during the Viking period.
The drop-in sessions will take place today and tomorrow from 10am to 3pm and are free with a standard admission ticket.
Alex O’Donnell, learning officer at York Minster, said: “Archaeological digs carried out over recent decades have unearthed lots of interesting finds, including that the current Minster was actually built over a Viking burial site. We also know a Viking Lord, Lord Ulf, gifted land to the Chapter of York around 1,000 years ago using an elaborately carved elephant tusk as a deed of transfer.” The 1,000-year-old Horn of Ulf is on display in York Minster’s Undercroft, access to which is included with standard admission.
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