Location of Missing Medieval Norwegian Town Confirmed - Archaeology Magazine

Location of Missing Medieval Norwegian Town Confirmed - Archaeology Magazine

Wooden structures, Kringkastingsjordet, Norway HAMAR, NORWAY—The sixteenth-century Chronicle of Hamar records that there was once an ancient urban settlement known as Hamarkaupengen somewhere east of Hamar’s cathedral. It was one of only eight known medieval towns in Norway, and the only one situated inland. Believed to have been founded in the mid-eleventh century, Hamarkaupengen was eventually abandoned at a forgotten time, leaving scholars to…