Most buckets were cylindrical with two handle staves opposite each other with holes in the top to take a rope or iron handle.
The bottoms ranged in diameter from 10.8-55.8cm with most ranging from 10-30cm. Most bottoms were constructed from Oak (86, 75%) and were made from 2 or 3 planks dowelled together.
63 wooden hoops for fastening around the vessels were found. Most were pine (26, 31%) and yew (23, 27%) but also ash, hazel, willow, alder, fir and maple. Most (41) are semi-circular split branches, but there are also round, oval and square examples. The preserved lengths range from 6.4cm-95.3cm, and the width from 6mm-3.7cm with most between 1-2cm, the thicknesses are between 3-13mm. The ends that overlap eachother had small cuts and then were wrapped with willow bast(3), bark (2) or leather (1). Others (16) were fastened with small nails.*{{ListRef|[Westphal 2006|:p. 37-44}}]
====Norway====
=====Birka=====
Metal covered buckets were found in 11 graves. On most of the buckets the iron sheets are between 4-6cm wide the iron hoops ~1cm wide.{{ListRef|[Arwidsson 1984|:p. 237-241}}]
==== North East Germany (Slavic)====
==== Southern France====
==References==
{{Ref|Arwidsson 1984}}
{{Ref|Comey 2010}}
{{Ref|Westphal 2006}}
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