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See also Viking burials found in Scotland

Grave 1772

Status-  Possible  

Find date- excavated in 1772

Bodies- Male

Dated to- ?

Museum-

 Grave goods Male  

• Sword - Petersen type H

Grave 1778

Status-  Possible  

Find date-

Bodies- Female

Dated to- ?

Museum-

Publications-

• Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14

 Grave goods Female  

• Oval brooch (Pair)-

Grave 1878

Status-  Accepted  

Find date- excavated in August 1878.

Bodies- Double burial? Male & Female

Dated to- ?

Museum-

Publications-

• Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.31-41
• Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press. p.122-125

 Grave goods Male  

• Sword - Peteren type B
• Axe 1 - Wheeler type III
• Axe 2 - Wheeler type III
• Spear - Petersen type , with a possible iron ferrule
• Shield boss - type , with a copper-alloy handle
• Drinking horn terminal (copper-alloy).
• Hammer (iron); forge tongs (iron); adze (iron); cauldron (iron)

 Grave goods Female  

• 2 Oval broochs - Petersen type
• Pin (silver); Flat chain of four-stranded wire (silver)
• 12 beads
• possible fragment of a Drinking horn rim (copper-alloy)
• 4 round plates (copper-alloy); ladle (copper-alloy); glass linen smoother; Teeth from a heckle (iron); needle-case (copper-alloy);

Grave 1932

Status-  Accepted  

Find date- excavated in 1932

Bodies- Male

Dated to- ?

Museum-

Publications-

• Edwards, Arthur J.H. (1934) 'A Viking Cist-Grave at Ballinaby, Islay'. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.68
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.31-41
• Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press. p.122-125
• Redmond, Angela Z. (2007) Viking Burial in the North of England. A Study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity.. British Archaeological Reports: BAR 429 p.82 Appx.5 no.183

 Grave goods Male  

• Sword - Petersen type Q
• Axe
• sheild
• knife
• ring-headed pin
• buckle