Category:England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall

See also Viking burials found in England

Status- Accepted

Find date- 1822

Bodies- Male skeleton

Dated to- ?

Museum- Claughton Hall

Grave goods-

• Pair of gilt copper-alloy Oval Brooches (R. 652). These were found wrapped back to back and encased the 2 beads and a molar tooth.
• Silver nielloed brooch (originally a Carolingian mount)
• 2 Glass beads

Grave goods- (Lost)

• Sword Petersen type X
• Axe
• Spearhead
• Hammer

Publications-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.18
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1998) Vikings in North West England. The Artifacts. p.14-17
• Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press. p.166
• Richards, Julian D. (2004) Vikings in England. p.193

Comments- The items were said to have been found in a wooden chest