Place name data for "Skeid – uncovering a fleeting meeting site"

The data contains the spatial distribution of 320 skeid (skeið n.) -names that are closer than two kilometres from a medieval church site, or one or more of the following place names: hov/hof, ting, or leik/lek. Through an examination of the landscape, archaeological finds and place names, 37 sites are highlighted as most likely to have hosted a skeid-type assembly. From these four case studies are discussed more in detail in the paper "Skeid – uncovering a fleeting meeting site"