Fibiula-fund ved Skodborg

Archaeological finds tell the story that people have also migrated here south of Skodborg in ancient times. Maybe on the run. Moving on. Maybe on the Ancient Road.

The time between 200 AD and 700 AD is called the Migration Period because of the waves of people that moved through Europe. Written sources from that period tell of frequent invasions and plundering of foreign peoples. The Migration Period marks the transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. In addition to the written sources, archaeologists also have gold bractates - gold medallions -  as sources, because their decoration and craftsmanship can be dated quite accurately. The same goes for the fibula, which is a suit buckle. Because many of these finds have motifs from the Norse Asatru, it is assumed that they were used as amulets. During the troubled times in Europe in the 6th century, they were laid in the ground - to ensure extra effect. And some of them are found here close to Skodborg - where the Ancient Road goes. 

On a spring day in 1863, farmer Niels Peter Nielsen ploughed into his field and out of the ground came a gold beret with runes, fragments of the gold brooch (fibula) and two glass beads - all from the end of the Iron Age. It was handed over in due manner and danefæ was given. The rest of the fibula was found in 1865, when the area had become Prussian, where it should have been handed over to the Prussian state. Now Niels Peter was not exactly a fan of the Prussians, so he had the find smuggled across the Kongeå, so it could come to the National Museum in Copenhagen, and be united with the first find. 

The site is NOT marked in the landscape.