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Viking burials found in Scotland

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The map is derived from Richards [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] Graham-Campbell [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1994:p.134, 153] and from a map displayed from a Jorvik exhibition in York 2012.
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== England ==
 
====Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire====
:Find date- Excavated in 2001
:Bodies- Viking Woman.
:Dated to- ?AD
:Grave goods-
::''''
:Publications- [SPEED & WALTON ROGERS 2004]
 
====Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire====
:Find date- Excavated 3 times, 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000AD
:Bodies- Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.
:Dated to- 873-878AD
:Grave goods-
::''Swords, buckles''
:Publications- [RICHARDS 2004: pp. 23-116]
 
====Repton====
:Find date- Excavated between 1974-1988AD
:Bodies- Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.
:Dated to- 873-874AD
:Grave goods-
::''Thors hammer, sword and scabbard, buckles, iron knives (one a folding knife''
:Publications- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992]
 
====Lancs, Rampside====
:Find date- 1909?
:Bodies- None, found in a churchyard
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness)
::Sword Petersen type M
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18]
 
====Hertfordshire, Enfield====
:Find date- 1900AD - possible Viking ship
:Bodies- a skeleton was said to have been found under a 40' overturned ship
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (British Museum)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Enfield|Sword]]
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.12]
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Sword_enfield.JPG
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{|
|- valign="top" id="Basingstoke"
|No Picture
|'''Hants, West Ham nr. Basingstoke'''
:Find date- 1899AD
:Bodies- a skeleton was found under the possible ship
:Dated to- Dated to Viking Age (C9th ?) by Bjorn and Shetelig but previously dated to the Anglo-Saxon period.
:Grave goods-
::Knife, Spear, lance heads
::bronze bowl, iron bowl with handle
::draughtsmen (stained green by contact with bronze)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.11]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ormside"
|No Picture
|'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland'''
:Find date- 1898
:Bodies- a skeleton
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Tullie House Museum)
::Sword Petersen type M, Shield Boss
::Frag. iron rod. small iron knife (now lost)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18]
 
|- valign="top" id="Magdalen"
|No Picture
|'''Oxford, River Cherwell at Magdalen Bridge'''
:Find date- 1884AD
:Bodies- Men and horse skeletons
:Dated to- C9th by Stirrup style
:Grave goods- (Ashmolean Museum 1886, 443-47)
::Spearhead, shield boss
::Shears
::Horseshoe, spur
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
 
|- valign="top" id="Bedale"
|[[File:Sword_bedale.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bedale]]
|'''Yorkshire, Bedale'''
:Find date- 1875AD
:Bodies- Male Warrior
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (British Museum)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Enfield|Sword of Petersen type L]]
::Spearhead
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
 
|- valign="top" id="Santon"
|[[File:Sword_santon.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Santon Downham]]
|'''Norfolk, Santon Downham'''
:Find date- 1867
:Bodies- based on the grave goods this might be a double interment, male and female.
:Dated to- C10th
:Grave goods- (British Museum)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Santon|Sword]]
::Pair of tortoise brooches of type Rygh 652-654.
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.12] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/p/pair_of_oval_brooches.aspx British Museum]
 
|- valign="top" id="Reading"
|[[File:Sword_reading.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Reading]]
|'''Berkshire, Reading'''
:Find date- June 1831.
:Bodies- Male warrior burial with a horse skeleton
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Reading|Sword]] with ivory hilt.
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.11] [EAST 1986]
 
|- valign="top" id="Claugton"
|No Picture
|'''Lancs, Claughton Hall'''
:Find date- 1822
:Bodies- skeleton
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Claughton Hall)
::Pair of Oval Brooches (R. 652)
::Silver nielloed brooch (possibly Carolingian)
::2 Glass beads
:Grave goods- (Lost)
::Sword Petersen type X
::Axe, spear, hammer
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18]
:Comments- The items were said to have been found in a wooden chest
 
|- valign="top" id="Hesket"
|[[File:Sword_hesket.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hesket]]
|'''Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest'''
:Find date- 1882
:Bodies- Cremation covered in a cairn
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Tullie House Museum)
::Sword Petersen type O, Spear Head Petersen type I, Spear Head Petersen type F, Shield Boss (broken in two), Axe Head Petersen type E,
::Iron Bit plated in bronze, Two Buckles (one with a buckle plate), Sickle, Wet stone, Bone Comb and Bone Case, Pair of Spurs (now lost)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.19]
 
|- valign="top" id="Nottingham"
|[[File:Sword_nottingham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]]
|'''Nottingham'''
:Find date- ?
:Bodies- Male warrior burial
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (British Museum Tr. 158)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#NottinghamX|Sword of Petersen type X]]
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Nottingham_Pommel|Sword pommel]]
::Spearhead of Petersen type C - D
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
 
|- valign="top" id="Northallerton"
|No Picture
|'''Yorkshire, Northallerton'''
:Find date- ?
:Bodies- Female skeleton?
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (National Museum of Scotland)
::Single oval brooch R.652
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
 
|- valign="top" id="Workington"
|No Picture
|'''Cumberland, Workington'''
:Find date- Possibly from a burial?
:Bodies- None
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::Sword Petersen type W or X
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.21]
 
|- valign="top" id="Cambois"
|No Picture
|'''Northumberland, Bedlington, Cambois'''
:Find date-
:Bodies- None - found together in a barrow?
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::Bronze Disk Brooch with enamel inlay, Bone comb.
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
 
 
|}
== Scotland ==
|'''Westness, Rousay, Orkney'''
 
|}
 
== Isle of Man ==
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Balladoole"
|[[File:Balladoole.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Balladoole]]
|'''Balladoole, Arbory'''
:Find date- 1946
:Bodies- Male grave with female body (possibly of a sacrificial slave)
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::''shield boss and hand grip, ''
:Publications- [BERSU 1966]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballateare"
|[[File:Ballateare.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Ballateare]]
|'''Ballateare, Jurby'''
:Find date- 1946
:Aprox location- SC 344 970
:Bodies- 2 small fragments of a human skull.
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::'
:Publications- [BERSU 1966]
 
|- valign="top" id="Cronk Moar"
|[[File:Cronk Moar.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Cronk Moar]]
|'''Cronk Moar, Jurby'''
:excavated in 1939
:Aprox location- 1.5km north of Ballateare
:Publications- [BERSU 1966]
 
|- valign="top" id="Knoc-y-doonee"
|No Picture
|'''Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee'''
:Find date- 1927? Boat Burial
:Bodies- 2 small fragments of a human skull, horse skeleton
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::Sword Petersen type X, Spear Head (fragment), Axe Head of Petersen type G, Shield Boss of R.562 (fragment)
::Iron bowl, hammer, smith tongs, two knives with bone handles, harness links of iron with remains of leather straps
::Bronze ring headed pin (possibly with enamel inlay), lead weight for a fishing line
::Four pairs of strap protector, three plain strap ends, 2 plain studs set in leather
::Iron buckle, various small bronze fragments possibly from a bridle,
::300 iron rivets from the boat
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23] [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/iomnhas/v033p241.htm]
 
|- valign="top" id="Kirk Michael"
|No Picture
|'''Isle of Man, Kirk Michael '''
:Find date- 1885
:Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::Spear head of Petersen type K
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballachrink"
|No Picture
|'''Ballachrink, Jurby'''
:Find date- 1880
:Aprox location- SC 440 990
:Bodies- none. Found in a flagged cist in a barrow
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::Upper part of a Sword with a curved guard, base of a spear head with wings (lugs)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.25]
 
|- valign="top" id="Malew"
|No Picture
|'''Malew Parish'''
:Find date- c.1854
:Bodies- found in a possible grave in Malew churchyard
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (unknown)
::Two swords
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.25]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballaelby"
|[[File:Ballaelby.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Ballaelby]]
|'''Ballaelby, Kirk Patrick'''
:Find date- c.1850
:Bodies- a possible skeleton (left in situ by the discovering farmer)
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (left in situ)
::Bearded axe
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.25]
 
|- valign="top" id="St. Maughold"
|No Picture
|'''Isle of Man, St. Maughold'''
:Find date- 1824
:Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (National Museum of Scotland)
::Sword Petersen type L
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballaugh"
|No Picture
|'''Ballaugh, '''
:Find date- 1824
:Aprox location- SC 340 930
:Bodies- burial in a low barrow
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::Sword Petersen type L, Spear Head (lost)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
 
|- valign="top" id="Jurby"
|No Picture
|'''Jurby, '''
:Find date- ?
:Aprox location- SC 350 985
:Bodies- found in a church yard (St. Patrick?) and re-interred by the Vicar.
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods-
::Sword (Wheeler type III?)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
 
|- valign="top" id="Old Kirk Braddan"
|No Picture
|'''Isle of Man, Old Kirk Braddan'''
:Find date- ?
:Aprox location- SC 363 768
:Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::Sword with missing hilt
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]
 
|- valign="top" id="st john"
|No Picture
|'''St Johns, St John’s Kirk German'''
:Find date- Pre 1860AD
:Aprox location- SC 277 819
:Bodies- found in an open cist
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Lost)
::Axe, stirrup, a handful of beads
::A sword was also found in the same field of Petersen type P
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.26]
 
|- valign="top" id="Balladoyne"
|No Picture
|'''St. Johns, Balladoyne Churchyard'''
:Find date- ?
:Aprox location-
:Bodies- found in a christian cemetery
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Manx Museum)
::Sword of Petersen type M, Spear head of Petersen type K with linen fragment in the socket, Shield boss
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.26]
|}