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Category:England, Norfolk: Santon Downham

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<noinclude>See also [[Viking burials found in England]]<br></noinclude>
:'''Status- Accepted'''
:Find date- 1867
:Bodies- based on the grave goods this might be a double interment, male and female.
:Dated to- C10th
:Museum-British Museum
:Grave goods-
::[[Swords found in Britain#England, Norfolk: Santon Downham|Sword]] Petersen type L
::Pair of tortoise brooches of type Rygh 652-654. Petersen type P51a. [Bjorn & Shetelig 1940: p.12, fig.1]
:Discussion- Richards has proposed that it may not be a double burial and that the brooches may have instead been an offering like the pair from Claughton Hall. [RICHARDS 2004:p.205]
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.12|x}}
:*{{ListRef|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992|cat.365}}
:*{{ListRef|Margeson 1997|p.16}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.110}}
:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.205}}
:*{{ListWeb|British Museum|[[http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/p/pair_of_oval_brooches.aspx 1]]

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