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Viking Age Compendium: 15 Viking Age Burials

Archaeological sites

15 Viking Graves

England:
Cumwhitton

England:
Repton

England:
Adwick-le-Street

Isle of Man:
Ballateare

Isle of Man:
Pagan Lady

Ireland:

Scotland:
Ballinaby

Scotland:
Scar

France:
L'Ile de Groix

Denmark:
Mammen

Denmark: Hedeby
Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby
Chamber 5

Norway:
Oseberg

Norway:
Gokstad

Norway:
Gjermundbu

Viking Age Compendium: 15 Viking Age Burials

Archaeological sites

15 Viking Graves

England:
Cumwhitton

England:
Repton

England:
Adwick-le-Street

Isle of Man:
Ballateare

Isle of Man:
Pagan Lady

Ireland:

Scotland:
Ballinaby

Scotland:
Scar

France:
L'Ile de Groix

Denmark:
Mammen

Denmark: Hedeby
Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby
Chamber 5

Norway:
Oseberg

Norway:
Gokstad

Norway:
Gjermundbu

Ballinaby

See Also

Ballinaby Category Page - lists all the Viking Age Compendium pages and images related to Ballinaby.

Catalogue of Grave Goods

Male Grave

• Sword

Peteren type B

• Axe 1

Wheeler type III

• Axe 2

Wheeler type III

• Spear

Petersen type , with a possible iron ferrule

• Fishing Spear

• Shield boss with a copper-alloy handle

type

• Drinking horn terminal (copper-alloy) & mount.

• Hammer (iron)

• Forge tongs (iron)

• Adze (iron)

• Cauldron (iron)

Female Gave

• 2 Oval broochs - Petersen type

• Pin (silver) with a 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)

• Silver plated double discs

References

The Ballinaby Burial

• 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 ^{[Anderson 1880]} *
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 ^{[Grieg 1940]} *
  p.31-41
• Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications ^{[Graham-Campbell 1980]} *
• Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press. ^{[Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998]} *
  p.122-125
• Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd. ^{[WOV 2003]} *

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