Excavations around the Valjala fortress are now continuing, and new discoveries are being made by exploring the rampart surrounding the current fortress to the south. Here, too, there has been a...
We have rain holidays in Valjala! Our tranche is drowning in mud and rainwater. Now all hope is on the weather – maybe the rain will stop for a bit so that we could finish this tranche before...
Valjala’s second circular wall offers even more surprises. At the moment, there seems to be a remnant of another possible rampart beneath the 3 m wide rampart, in any case a decent cultural...
Kaljusaar, Kristjan. (2015). Hostages in the Baltic Crusades, Wars of Conquest and Cultural Exchange during the 12th and 13th Centuries. (EST: Pantvangid ning Läänemere ristiretked, vallutussõjad...
