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<noinclude>See also [[Viking burials found in England]]<br></noinclude>
:'''Status- Possible'''
:Find date- 1851
:Bodies- Possibly burial of 2 Male warriors. 2 skulls and other human remains
:Dated to- Graham-Campbell quotes Hall's proposed post 918AD date based on the 2 swords.
:Museum- British Museum Tr. 158
:Grave goods-
::*[[Swords found in Britain#NottinghamX|Sword of Petersen type X]] length 36", width (blade) 2.25", Gripe has traces of wood.
::*[[Swords found in Britain#Nottingham_Pommel|Sword pommel]] Petersen type Y.
::*Spearhead of Petersen type C - D. Affixed with a brass pin
:Discussion- Evison has confirmed the sword as a later type Y and not a type L as it appears in the picture [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106]. Graham-Campbell notes that there is no evidence that the two swords were actually found with the spear [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106] and suggests that this explains the possible discrepancy of the sword's later C10th / C11th topological dating to the spears earlier C9th traditional dating. I would suggest that the cut off date for the Petersen type C-D spearhead is too early and that Ottonian manuscripts dating to the early C11th still show this type of spear in use. This would help support a C10th century date for the two graves.
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.15}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.105-106}}
:*Archaeological Journal, 1851, vol 8, pp 424-5 [http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/documents/30nottas_000.pdf (Available Online)]
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:'''Status- Possible'''
:Find date- 1851
:Bodies- Possibly burial of 2 Male warriors. 2 skulls and other human remains
:Dated to- Graham-Campbell quotes Hall's proposed post 918AD date based on the 2 swords.
:Museum- British Museum Tr. 158
:Grave goods-
::*[[Swords found in Britain#NottinghamX|Sword of Petersen type X]] length 36", width (blade) 2.25", Gripe has traces of wood.
::*[[Swords found in Britain#Nottingham_Pommel|Sword pommel]] Petersen type Y.
::*Spearhead of Petersen type C - D. Affixed with a brass pin
:Discussion- Evison has confirmed the sword as a later type Y and not a type L as it appears in the picture [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106]. Graham-Campbell notes that there is no evidence that the two swords were actually found with the spear [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106] and suggests that this explains the possible discrepancy of the sword's later C10th / C11th topological dating to the spears earlier C9th traditional dating. I would suggest that the cut off date for the Petersen type C-D spearhead is too early and that Ottonian manuscripts dating to the early C11th still show this type of spear in use. This would help support a C10th century date for the two graves.
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.15}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.105-106}}
:*Archaeological Journal, 1851, vol 8, pp 424-5 [http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/documents/30nottas_000.pdf (Available Online)]
[[Category:Sites]]
