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Lost medieval village discovered in Denmark

Traces of three courtyards surrounded by a ditch marking out an area, which archaeologists have interpreted as the centre of a Village dating back to the Middle Ages, have been discovered in Tollerup, East Denmark. Excavation of an extremely well-preserved cellar, which may have functioned as a place to store the town’s taxes  [Credit: Mette Olsen]Historical sources suggest that the farms belonged to the village rulers. A...

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