The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.
In 893, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a large Viking army landed at Appledore in east Kent, having rampaged through northern France and boarded 250 ships at Boulogne, writes Derek Carpenter.
We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.