Infopanel 5

The death of Ragnar Lodbrok in the snake pit, murdered by King Ælla

Mathias Skeibrok, 1878. Plaster statue: "Ragnar Lodbrock in the Snake Pit"
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo.

Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Excavation of the Viking mass grave in Rapton, UK

Photograph from 1982 by Martin Biddle