Thing Site Profiles
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Gulatinget, Norway
Gulatinget Millennium Park is a symbolic thing site opened in 2005 to commemorate the annual parliamentary assembly which took place in Gulen from approximately 900-1300 AD. The park features monumental artworks by sculptor Bard Breivik.
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Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
Thingvellir is the most important cultural heritage site in Iceland. The Althing (General Assembly) was established here in 930 and continued meeting for more than 850 years until 1798.
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Tinganes, Faroe Islands
The rocky promontory of Tinganes on the foreshore of Tórshavn has been the home of the Faroese parliament for over a thousand years.
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Tingwall, Shetland
The small promontory at the north end of Tingwall Loch, called Tingaholm, was the site of Shetland’s local parliament until the late 16th century.
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Tingwall, Orkney
Orkney’s thing sites are somewhat mysterious. There is very little information relating to them, and what we know mostly comes from saga stories, folklore and partial records.
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Dingwall, Scotland
Dingwall’s thing site is thought to have been located on the site which is now the Cromartie Memorial car park.
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Tynwald Hill, Isle of Man
Tynwald Hill at St John's is the traditional ancient meeting place of the Manx parliamentary assembly, dating back at least to the late first millennium AD.
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