Category:England, Norfolk: Santon Downham

See also Viking burials found in England

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-

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-

• 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.12 ^{[Bjorn & Shetelig 1940] ^}
• Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. cat.365
• Margeson, Sue (1997) The Vikings in Norfolk. p.16
• Graham-Campbell, James; Hall, Richard; Jesch, Judith and Parsons, David N. (eds.) (2001) Vikings and the Danelaw. Select Papers from the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Viking Congress. Viking Congress: 13 p.110
• Richards, Julian D. (2004) Vikings in England. p.205
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