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3 Dejbjerg. The hall from Dejbjerg that we know of was burned down in the 4th
century AD (Hansen 1993; 1996). Rather than being a hall in a village, it belonged to
a single farm in a prominent position in the cultural landscape. It has been inferred
that between the late Pre-Roman Iron Age and the Middle Ages, Dejbjerg was a
centre of some importance (Hansen 1996). It is the oldest example of a smashed
hall. (Herschend 1995; Hansen 1996).
4 Dankirke. The hall at Dankirke is similar to that in Dejbjerg although somewhat
younger, 5th and 6th century AD. The farm has been considered a merchants’ farm
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Figure 40. Map of the halls in
Appendix I.