Hjortspring

A peat bog on the Danish island of Als where a votive deposit with a boat or war canoe was deposited in c 200 BC (pre-Roman Iron Age). With the boat were many shields, spears, and swords. The boat was plank-built, sewn together without the use of nails, with room for about 50 oarsmen. The bow and stern were upturned and had ramlike projections. There were also everyday items such as bowls, boxes, and smith's tools.

Find-spot on the island of Ais, southern Denmark, of an Iron Age long boat preserved in a peat bog. The boat, cl7.5 metres long, was built of planks, not nailed together but tied and caulked with resin; both stem and stem terminated in carved ram’s heads. Inside was a mass of weaponry — wooden spears and shields and iron swords, as well as everyday equipment such as bowls, boxes and smith’s tools.