Viking Day in Navenby - 7 June 2009

Sunday 7th June 2009

Over the last few years this quiet corner of Lincolnshire has experienced a second Roman Invasion.

The first time around they came, they saw, they conquered. They built and improved the roads and the trading routes, built the Foss Dyke, made Lincoln or 'Lindum Colonia' the capitol of the Roman province and then, after about 400 years, they left. Was it the climate? Something we said? Or a credit crunch?

For the next 300 years the villagers of Navenby settle down to a relatively peaceful life, trading along the High Dyke and extending the village to the cliff edge. They were now part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Lindsey, and then - the Vikings arrive. Great fierce hairy men, dishonouring the maidens and pillaging along the way, or did they?

Come and find out for yourselves what happened next; a great day out for the family, on the Open Space, High Dyke from 10am. Refreshments available on site. Free car parking on the Playing Field. Look out for the signposts.