Sod houses
Rebuilt.
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L'Anse aux Meadows is the archaeological site of a Norse settlement on green grassy meadows by a quiet bay at the far north of Newfoundland. You see the low outlines of old buildings, and beside them houses rebuilt of sod and timber as they were a thousand years ago. The site dates to around AD 1000, with tree-ring dating pointing to 1021. It is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian transatlantic contact between Europeans and the Americas outside Greenland, and probably served as a base for exploration further south. It holds the remains of eight buildings and more than 800 objects, including evidence of iron working. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. You start at the visitor centre's exhibits, walk a boardwalk to the building remains, and step into the rebuilt houses, where guides explain the settlers' lives. It is about 26 km in a straight line north of St. Anthony. The site is usually open from June to September.
Rebuilt.
In the meadows.
Around the site.
Near St. Anthony, northern tip of Newfoundland
Usually June to September.
By car on the Viking Trail.