The Last Kingdom

[*michaelsean*]

I thought Northumbria went all the way to the Irish Sea. When I read historical novels in the Medieval Days, I often wonder just how wrong the picture in my head is. I still can't figure out how Vikings fit all of their gear, food, ale, and all the plunder on a ship. Even if they do pull up planks. Now Ragnar's hall in the show was a pretty good likeness of what I have in my mind. I can't ever make myself think of those ones that are like dug into the ground with sod roofs. They look like Hobbit houses.

And the pic on this site makes the castle look a little more formidable. The little one in the left column especially.

http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/KingdomofNorthumbria.html