.jpg) Borgring with the outline visible and metal bars showing the location and approximate size of the original outer walls | |
  Location of the site in Denmark | |
| Location | Zealand, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Type | Viking ring fortress |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 980 |
| Periods | Iron Age, Viking Age |
| Criteria | Cultural: |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Part of | Viking-Age Ring Fortresses |
| Reference no. | 1660-001 |
Borgring (older spelling Borrering) also known as Vallø Borgring, [1] is a Danish Viking ring fortress located near Køge on the island of Zealand. Likely built around 970 or 980, the fortress may have been built to defend trade routes or as a military barracks.[2][3] In 2023, along with four other Viking ring fortresses, Borgring was isncribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its unique architecture and testimony to the strategic and military power of the House of Knýtlinga (Jelling dynasty).[4]
- ^ Den Store Danske: Borgring [in Danish]
- ^ Brown, Hannah; Goodchild, Helen; Sindbæk, Søren M. (2014). "Making Place for a Viking Fortress. An archaeological and geophysical reassessment of Aggersborg, Denmark". Internet Archaeology. 36 (36). doi:10.11141/ia.36.2.
- ^ Dobat, Andres Siegfried (2009). "The State and the Strangers: The Role of External Forces in a Process of State Formation in Viking-Age South Scandinavia (c. ad 900-1050)". Viking and Medieval Scandinavia. 5: 65–104. doi:10.1484/J.VMS.1.100674. ISSN 1782-7183. JSTOR 45019120.
- ^ Viking-Age Ring Fortresses, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 24 January 2024 – via whc.unesco.org