While most parts of Norway have experienced the wettest summer in years, the county known as Nord-Trøndelag, not far from Norway's third largest city Trondheim, has experienced extreme drought. But due to the dry summer, supposedly the driest in a century, more traces from Norway's Viking past have appeared.
The most recent findings include around 120 Viking graves, traces of houses, and even traces of what could be the Viking Chief's hall. A total of 145 antiquities have been found in the area.
"These are some of the most exciting antiquities ever found in this part of Norway," said county archaeologist Lars Forseth to newspaper Aftenposten.
"We may even have found a 30-35 meter long chief hall," he added.
Forseth said that the hall may be part of a farm mentioned in the famous sagas by Snorri Sturluson, known as Heimskingla, or History of the Norse Kings.
Local authorities are now in the process of mapping the area.
"Without the drought these antiquities would never have been found," said Forseth.
