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Read more about the RIAThe Viking and later Hiberno-Norse town, evolved largely from pre-existing Gaelic settlements and Viking longphort or ship encampments in the ninth and tenth centuries.The urban settlement developed into a defended town.
To further explore the concept of Viking towns, see the excerpt from Reading the maps which gives examples from Ireland.
To read Howard Clarke's short essay on his take on the Irish Viking town see here.
