The investigation results concerning the two areas mentioned indicate the impor-
tance of production, probably with textile and iron manufacturing as the chief crafts.
Weights indicate that trade also took place here. These activities seem to have begun
around ad 700 and continued until the early twelfth century (Christensen and Johansen
1992 : 211 f.).
A possible permanent settlement on the foreland would have been of limited size.
Sebbersund was probably a seasonal settlement, which attracted the local population as
well as people from distant areas, for instance Norway and the British Isles.
THE WOODEN CHURCHThe traces of a wooden church with adjoining churchyard were found south of the
workshop area (Figure 8. 7. 2 ). The church lies on slightly sloping terrain, which verges
on the coast towards the east. The westernmost third of the churchyard has not been
investigated. The churchyard measures approximately 40 m × 40 m, and it is bounded
by ditches towards the south and north.
Figure 8. 7. 1 Plan of the excavated areas and Skt Nikolaj Bjerg. ( 1 ) Pit-houses, ( 2 ) workshop activity,
( 3 ) the wooden church, ( 4 ) the stone church.–– Jens N. Nielsen––