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Buckets with wooden hoops

England, York

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Type- Settlement AD 930-975

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Bibliography-

Morris, Carole (2000) Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. York Archaeological Trust: 17/13 cat. 8733

Ireland, Dublin

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Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications cat. 36

Denmark, Hedeby

File:Bucket - Denmark, Hedeby (Archer).jpg

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Type- Grave

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Denmark, Mammen

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Type-

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Construction- Oak

Dimensions- H:29.5cm D:29cm

Comments-

Bibliography-

Williams, Gareth; Pentz, Peter and Wemhoff, Matthias (2014) Vikings. Life and Legend. The British Museum. fig. 37

Denmark, Vorbasse

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Type- AD 949

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Construction- Ash with willow hoops

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Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. cat. 59
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Norway, Oseberg no.18b

File:Bucket - Norway, Oseberg no.18b Barrel (Greig 1928).jpg

Current Location- 1903.18b

Type- Grave find

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Comments- Grieg classes this as a barrel

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. p.331

Norway, Oseberg no.24

Current Location- 1903.4

Type- Grave find

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Dimensions- H:10.5cm

Comments- Made from several staves collected from various parts of the ship.

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. p.331

Norway, Oseberg no.298

File:Bucket - Norway, Oseberg no.298 Barrel (Greig 1928).jpg

Current Location- 1903.298

Type- Grave find

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Comments- Grieg classes this as a barrel

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. p.331

Norway, Oseberg no.301

File:Bucket - Norway, Oseberg no.301 Barrel (Greig 1928).jpg

Current Location- 1903.301

Type- Grave find

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Construction-

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Comments- Grieg classes this as a barrel

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. p.331

Norway, Oseberg no.302

File:Bucket - Norway, Oseberg no.302 (V2C).jpg

Current Location- 1903.302

Type- Grave find

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Construction- Pine with beech hoops and iron handle.

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Sweden, Lund

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Type-

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Construction- Oak with ash hoops

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Bibliography-

Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications cat. 35

Log Buckets

England, York 8923

Current Location-

Type- AD 850-925

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Bibliography-

Morris, Carole (2000) Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. York Archaeological Trust: 17/13 cat. 8923

England, York 8924

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Type- AD 975-1050

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Bibliography-

Morris, Carole (2000) Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. York Archaeological Trust: 17/13 cat. 8924

Denmark, Hedeby

Current Location- HbH.216.002

Type- C9th – C11th

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Construction-hollowed out log, separate bottom inserted into a notch then bound with willow withies wrapped around 5 times. AT the top there are two longer parts with holes for the attachment of a handle.

Dimensions- height: 248mm diameter: 218mm

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Buckets with Copper-alloy mounts or hoops

According to Petersen most of the buckets with copper-alloy mounts or hoops appear to be insuler in origin ^{[PETERSEN 1940]} ^{[PETERSEN 1951]}.

Norway, Bronsespann

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Norway, Farmen

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Type-

Find Date- Farmen, Kvelde parish, Hedruin, Vestf.

Construction-

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Comments-

Bibliography-

Petersen, Jan (1940) British Antiquities of the Viking Period, Found in Norway. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 5 fig. 93

Norway, Gloppen

File:Bucket brass - Norway, Gloppen (Rygh).jpg

Current Location- B 329

Type-

Find Date- Parish of Gloppen NB.

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Bibliography-

Rygh, O. (1885) Norske Oldsager. [Norwegian Antiquities]. Christiana. no. 381

Norway, Holmegaard

File:Bucket brass - Norway, Holmegaard (Rygh).jpg

Current Location- C 2649

Type-

Find Date- Holmegaard, Holme, LM.

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Rygh, O. (1885) Norske Oldsager. [Norwegian Antiquities]. Christiana. no. 382

Norway, Klepp

Current Location-

Type-

Find Date- Orre, Klepp parish, Rog

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Bibliography-

Petersen, Jan (1940) British Antiquities of the Viking Period, Found in Norway. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 5 fig. 97

Norway, Oseberg - Buda Bucket

File:Bucket brass - Norway, Oseberg 2 'Budda Bucket' (WOV).jpg

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Type- Grave find

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Construction- Yew with copper-alloy hoops. Handle-mounts representing 2 complete human figures.

Dimensions- H:36cm D-top:26.5cm D-bottom:32cm

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Bibliography-

cat. 1610
Brogger, Anton Wilhelm (1921) The Oseburg Ship.
Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. p.72-76; fig.31-33
Petersen, Jan (1940) British Antiquities of the Viking Period, Found in Norway. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 5 p.87,89; no.10; fig.94

Norway, Oseberg

File:Bucket brass - Norway, Oseberg 1.jpg

Current Location-

Type- Grave find

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Construction- Yew with iron hoops and openwork copper-alloy mountings between. 4 iron carrying rings.

Dimensions- H:44.8cm D-top:39.5cm D-bottom:42cm

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Norway, Oseberg no.303

File:Bucket brass - Norway, Oseberg 3 (V2C).jpg

Current Location- Universitetets Oldsaksamling Oslo Oseberg 303

Type- Grave find

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Construction- Yew with brass hoops and brass handle

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Sweden Birka

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Type-

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Construction- Birch covered in tinned bronze sheet.

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Comments- Northumbrian? C8th

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References

British Museum Website http://www.britishmuseum.org ^{[BRITISH MUSEUM WEBSITE]} *

Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd. ^{[WOV 2003]} *

Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications ^{[GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980]} *

Grieg, Sigurd (1928) Osebergfundet Vol II. ^{[GRIEG 1928]} *

Morris, Carole (2000) Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. York Archaeological Trust: 17/13 ^{[MORRIS 2000]} *

Petersen, Jan (1940) British Antiquities of the Viking Period, Found in Norway. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 5 ^{[PETERSEN 1940] ^} *

Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. ^{[PETERSEN 1951] ^} *

Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. ^{[ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992]} *

Rygh, O. (1885) Norske Oldsager. [Norwegian Antiquities]. Christiana. ^{[RYGH 1885]} *

Schietzel, Kurt (2014) Spurensuche Haithabu [Searching for the Remains of Hedeby]. ^{[SCHIETZEL 2014]} *

Westphal, Florian. (2006) Die Holzfunde von Haithabu. Hedeby-Ausgrabungen in Haithabu ^{[WESTPHAL 2006]} *

Williams, Gareth; Pentz, Peter and Wemhoff, Matthias (2014) Vikings. Life and Legend. The British Museum. ^{[WILLIAMS 2014]} *