Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.

The Vikings brought pagan religion to shores already believing ... the fight against evil and the end of the world for the Norse deities. The other side is filled with Christian symbolism ...

Norse sagas reveal that while many people worshipped other gods such as Thor to ensure the ... his benefactor's daughter and burned down a pagan temple would be "banished from Valhalla forever." ...