Category:England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham

See also Viking burials found in England

Status- Possible

Find date- 1851

Bodies- Possibly burial of 2 Male warriors. 2 skulls and other human remains

Dated to- Graham-Campbell quotes Hall's proposed post 918AD date based on the 2 swords.

Museum- British Museum Tr. 158

Grave goods-

• Sword of Petersen type X length 36", width (blade) 2.25", Gripe has traces of wood.
• Sword pommel Petersen type Y.
• Spearhead of Petersen type C - D. Affixed with a brass pin

Discussion- Evison has confirmed the sword as a later type Y and not a type L as it appears in the picture [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106]. Graham-Campbell notes that there is no evidence that the two swords were actually found with the spear [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106] and suggests that this explains the possible discrepancy of the sword's later C10th / C11th topological dating to the spears earlier C9th traditional dating. I would suggest that the cut off date for the Petersen type C-D spearhead is too early and that Ottonian manuscripts dating to the early C11th still show this type of spear in use. This would help support a C10th century date for the two graves.

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.15
• 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.105-106
• Archaeological Journal, 1851, vol 8, pp 424-5 (Available Online)