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==Northern European Tents==
Also known as Anglo-Saxon, Saxon or Geteld tents.
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==Bell Tents==
This is a cone shaped tent supported by a single central pole. It is interesting to note that all of the depictions from the Utrecht Psalter depict them with a cross at their apex. Possibly meaning that they were used for Ecclesiastical purposes.
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==Late Roman army tents==
These consist of two uprights and a simple cross beam. A simple sheet is suspended over this and the ends left open. Examples can be seen in these C6th manuscripts.
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==Viking Tent==
===Oseberg, Norway===
Two tents were found in the Oseberg ship burial. Apparently the original woodwork for the tents other than the carved dragon heads no longer survives. Although it is now impossible to say with any certainty which poles belonged to which tent I have attempted to make a preliminary guess in the image below.<br>
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File:Tent_Oseberg_-_small_head.JPG | Oseberg Small tent
File:Tent_Oseberg_-_large_head.JPG | Oseberg Large tent
File:Tent_Oseberg_Poles.jpg | Oseberg tent poles
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File:Gokstad_Tent_2.jpg | Gokstad
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==Work Shelters==
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==Tent Pegs==
===Oseberg===
The following evidence from the Roman period has been included here for comparative evidence.
====Wooden tent pegs====
*Newstead, Oak, triangular section, 250-500mm long [BISHOP and & COULSTON 2006:p.116]
====Iron tent pegs====
We've included these as comparisons. Found in Castle Künzing Quintanis (Germany) they are dated to the 2nd/3rd century AD. The original photo can be found [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Tent-pegs.jpg here]. A possible argument for the continuation of this style of tent peg as suggested by [http://europa-reenactment.org/saxon_tent.php Europa Reenactment] can be put forward by the pegs illustrated in BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 21v.
File: Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 21v pegs.jpg | 1025-1050AD English <br> BL Cott Clau BIV f.21v
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==References==
{{Ref|Bishop & Coulston 2006}}
{{Ref|British Museum Website}}
{{Ref|Nicolaysen 1882}}
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