Finds

The artefacts recovered in connection with the excavations at Aggersborg form one of the largest collections from Denmark's Viking Age. Most of the finds are pottery, stone and metal, but artefacts of bone and antler were also retrieved. They shed light on life at Aggersborg, but mainly that of the settlement pre-dating the late Viking Age ring fortress.

Since 2009, Vesthimmerland's Museum has collaborated with Thy-Mors Detector Group, and together the two organisations have attempted to map a large number of archaeological finds from the region. Unexpectedly, finds had been recovered not only from the Viking fort, but from the entire Aggersborg promontory.

The dates of the finds were surprising too, as most finds were expected to be associated with the ring-fort, but this was not the case. The ring fortress was established in the 970s, on top of the earlier abandoned domestic settlement, and it is thought that it had a short life-span, possibly of only 10-20 years. Instead, some finds were dated to the 500-600s, whereas others were from different parts of the Viking Age, and some from the medieval period.