Fanns ren i Skottland under vikingatid?

• Main Author: Rausing, Gad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Danish
• Published: Jysk Arkæologisk Selskab 1989
• Subjects: Ren; skotland; vikingetid; Reindeer; Scotland; Viking age; Norway; Sutherland; Combs; Loch Lomond; Jordanhill; Iceland; ren
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/kuml/article/view/110940

On the Question of Reindeer in Scotland in postglacial times An enigmatic reference in the Orkneyinga saga (Chapter 102) which refers to the events of the year 1159 expressly states that "the Earls (of Orkney) used to go over to Caithness every summer, hunting red deer and reindeer in the woods...