More Viking sites likely, say archaeologists

ARCHAEOLOGISTS excavating the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford believe that a number of other such settlements exist at riverside locations in the south-east.

“If the Vikings moved six kilometres upriver of the Suir there is no reason why other settlements might not be on the Nore, Barrow and Slaney,” said Richard O’Brien, project archaeologist at the Woodstown site.

“There must be more of these sites out there,” he added.