Tuneskipet

The Tune ship came from a large burial mound found at Haugen farm in Rolvsøy in Østfold. It was excavated in 1867. The ship was built at about the same time as the Gokstad ship, around 900 A.D., and was later used as a burial ship for a powerful chieftain.

The burial furnishings are not preserved, but the dead man had also been placed in a timber burial chamber. The ship itself is badly damaged, but this display allows us to view construction details of shipbuilding in Viking times. The ship is clinker-built with overlapping strakes, while the ribs are fastened to the hull with cleats carved out of the strakes.