Myklebust Ship
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 The deck of the Myklebust ship as seen inside Sagastad | |
| Callsign | LGOJ |
|---|---|
| Estimated length | 30 meters |
| Found | 1864 in Nordfjordeid in the Myklebust Burial Mound on the Myklebust farm |
| Construction | Bjørkedalsbåt AS |
| Belonged to | King Audbjørn of Firda |
| Estimated width | 6 meters |
The Myklebust Ship (Norwegian: Myklebustskipet) is the remains of a burned Viking ship that was found in the Myklebust Burial Mound on the farm Myklebust in Nordfjordeid, Norway. In terms of total volume the Myklebust ship is the largest Viking ship that has been discovered in the world to date.
The Myklebust is the only cremation grave in Scandinavia. [1]
The archaeologist Anders Lorange traveled to Nordfjordeid from Bergen in 1874 to investigate the large burial mound locally called “Rundehågjen” or “Lisje Skjoratippen”. The mound stands on the Myklebust farm, a farm which used to house 5 burial mounds, and is believed to have been the home of a Viking Dynasty, led by among others the Viking King Audbjørn Frøybjørnson of the Firda Kingdom.
The mound was approximately 30 meters in diameter, and almost 4 meters tall. It also had a wide moat around it. The mound contained the remains of a large Viking ship and a number of high-status objects from the end of the ninth century.
Recent investigations using modern ground-penetrating radar have confirmed extensive ship remains still buried at the site [2]
