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Category:England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

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/* Grave 6. Male */
:*[http://finds.org.uk/news/stories/article/id/124 Portable Antiquities Scheme PAS]
:*[http://www.thehumanjourney.net/html_pages/microsites/vikingburial/indepth.htm thehumanjourney.net]
:'''====Grave 1. Female'''====
:*''2 oval brooches- type P51''
:*''1 glass bead (near skull)''
:*''iron-bound wooden box - containing:''
:*''lead spindle whorl, glass linen smoother, shears, antler comb, sewing needle, possible metal needle case''
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:'''====Grave 2. Female'''====
:*''belt: buckle with plate - tinned copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy. (near waist). Traces of seal pelt found between the plates.''
:*''necklace: 6 glass beads, 1 chain-link - copper alloy. 2 other beads were also found any may have belonged to the necklace.''
:*''drinking horn mount - copper alloy and fragments of horn.''
:*''sickle, shears, antler comb (found together)''
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:'''====Grave 3. Male'''====
:*''ringed pin''
:*''6 glass beads, 1 amber bead, 2 silver finger rings, 1 silver suspension loop (near neck). May have been in a bag or a necklace''
:*''whetstone (near waist)''
:*''2 buckles and strap slides (near foot). For spurs''
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:'''====Grave 4. Male'''====
:*''belt: buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy''
:*''ringed pin''
:*''sword - type L. remains of scabbard including traces of a small buckle''
:*''spearhead - type K, with part of wooden shaft - ash''
:*''[[Axes found in Britain#England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton|axehead ]] - type E, part of haft - boxwood. possibly butt hafted''
:*''shield boss - R564/R562, estimated 80-95cm shield diameter''
:*''possible strike-a-light''
:*''knife''
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:'''====Grave 5. Male'''====
:*''buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy''
:*''pair of iron prick spurs, with attached plates. Also with an associated buckle and strap guide.''
:*''flints, a silver coin, a glass disc, a knife, and a ringed pin (near left hip). possibly all in a pouch''
:*''iron chain''
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:'''====Grave 6. Male'''====
:*''buckle with plate - copper alloy''
:*''spearhead - type G but with a longer socket and no mid rib''
:*''knife with horn handle''
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:'''====from the plough soil'''====
:*''oval brooch - maybe belonging to grave 2''
:*''buckle - copper alloy - maybe belonging to grave 1''
:*''spur fragments''
:*''buckle - iron''
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