Scotland: Ballinaby

Scotland: Ballinaby
Selected Burials
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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

Data Card

Location:	Haithabu, Germany
Find Date:	'
Bodies:	'
Context:	'
Dated to:	'
Museum:	Wikingr Museum Haithabu ()
Grave Goods:	'

Grave 1878

Status-  Accepted  

Find date- excavated in August 1878.

Bodies- Double burial? Male & Female

Dated to- ?

Museum-

Publications-

See Also

Hedeby Chamber Grave 5 Category Page - lists all the Viking Age Compendium pages and images related to Hedeby Chamber Grave 5.

Catalogue of Grave Goods

Male Burial

• Oval Booches

 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)

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Female Burial

• Oval Booches

 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);

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References

• Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications ^{[Graham-Campbell 1980]} *
• Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. ^{[Roesdahl & Wilson 1992]} *
• Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd. ^{[WOV 2003]} *

• 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