Scotland: Ballinaby
From The Viking Age Compendium
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Viking Age Compendium: 15 Viking Age Burials
Viking Age Compendium: 15 Viking Age Burials
Location: | Ballinaby, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Find Date: | August 1878 |
Bodies: | Double burial? Male & Female |
Context: | ' |
Dated to: | ' |
Museum: | National Museum of Scotland () |
Grave Goods: | ' |
Ballinaby
See Also
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Catalogue of Grave Goods
Male Grave
- Sword (X.IL 125)
- Type: Petersen B
- References
- National Museum of Scotland
- Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14 p.51
- Shield boss with a copper-alloy handle (X.IL 126)
- Type: Harrison Irish Sea
- References
- Type: Wheeler III (Iron)
- Type: Wheeler III (iron)
- Spearhead (X.IL 128) with a possible Ferrule (X.IL 129)
- Spearhead Type: Petersen (Iron)
- Ferrule Type: (Iron)
- References
- Fishing Spear
- Drinking horn terminal (X.IL 127) & mount.
- Type: Copper-alloy
- References
- Hammer (iron)
- Forge tongs (iron)
- Adze (iron)
- Cauldron (iron)
Female Gave
- 2 Oval broochs
- Petersen type
- Pin (silver) with a flat chain of four-stranded wire (silver)
- 12 beads
- Box Mounts
- Ladle (copper-alloy)
- Glass linen smoother
- Heckle Teeth (iron)
- Needle-case (copper-alloy)
References
The Ballinaby Burial
- Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14 [Anderson 1880] *
- p.31-41
- Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press. [Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998] *p.122-125
- p.81-82