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Viking burials found in England

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{{Stars2|Category = Found in Britain|CategoryFile=VA_Hoards found in Britain.jpg|Typology = Viking Age burials|TypologyFile = burial_map.jpg}} This list of burials is currently a work in progress. More information will be added over time but it is hoped that even the meager information supplied here will be of some use. Any list of Viking burials is going to be open to discussion. Many of these burials were discovered in the 19th century, long before modern archaeological practices came into use.<br><br>The map is derived from Richards [Richards 2004:p.191] Graham-Campbell [Graham-Campbell 1994:p.134, 153] and from a map displayed from a Jorvik exhibition in York 2012.<br><br>[[Viking burials found in Scotland]]<br>[[Viking burials found in the Isle of Man]]<br> |Limit===Status===The reliability of pagan graves varies. The 'Status' rating gives an indication of the current thinking relating to the finds reliability.<br> <br>{{Accepted2}} (A)<br>There is a good contemporary archaeological record of the find. Including a diagram of the grave and finds, etc. <br>{{PossibleViking burials}} (P)<br>The contemporary archaeological record of the find is not as good but the grave goods would tend to indicate a pagan grave. The grave may be located in a mound or Church yard.<br>{{Discredited}} (D)<br>The argument in favour of this being a Viking grave has now been discredited although it has previously been published as such in the past. These are most probably just stray finds.<br><br>
==Index by County ==
'''Cumbria'''
*[[#England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-WestmorelandWestmorland|Appleby-in-WestmorelandWestmorland, Ormside]]
*[[#England, Cumbria: Aspatria|Aspatria]]
*[[#England, Cumbria: Brigham|Brigham '''(P)''']]
===[[:Category:England, Lincolnshire: Torksey|England, Lincolnshire: Torksey]]===
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<blockquote style="background-color{{Category: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#TorkseyEngland, Lincolnshire|: Torksey]] 872-873AD:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- Mass burial:Find date- Excavated in 2011:Bodies- :Dated to- AD 872-873:Museum-:Publications-:*[http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/research/current-projects/torksey/#tab-3 york.ac.uk]:*[http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/viking-torksey-inside-the-great-armys-winter-camp.htm archaeology.co.uk]:Grave goods-<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Dorset: Weymouth|England, Dorset: Weymouth]]===
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:Status- {{AcceptedCategory:England, Dorset: Weymouth}}:Type- Mass burial:Find date- Excavated in 2009:Bodies- up to 54 decapitated males :Dated to- 970-1025AD:Museum-:Publications-:*[http://oxfordarchaeology.com/case-studies/33-burial-archaeology/108 Oxford Archaeology oxfordarchaeology.com]:Grave goods- ::''None''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton|England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton]]===
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{{MajorRef|Paterson 2014}}Category:Status- {{Accepted}}England, Cumbria:Type- Burial:Find date- Excavated in 2004:Bodies- 4 men and 2 women:Dated to- AD 900-950:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Paterson 2014|xCumwhitton}}:*[http://finds.org.uk/news/stories/article/id/124 Portable Antiquities Scheme PAS]:*[http://www.thehumanjourney.net/html_pages/microsites/vikingburial/indepth.htm thehumanjourney.net]:'''Grave 1. Female''':*''2 oval brooches- type P51'':*''1 glass bead (near skull)'':*''small knife and iron key (near waist)'':*''iron-bound wooden box - containing:'':*''lead spindle whorl, glass linen smoother, shears, antler comb, sewing needle, possible metal needle case''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''Grave 2. Female''':*''belt: buckle with plate - tinned copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy. (near waist). Traces of seal pelt found between the plates.'':*''necklace: 6 glass beads, 1 chain-link - copper alloy. 2 other beads were also found any may have belonged to the necklace.'':*''finger ring - oil-shale'':*''arm ring - oil-shale'':*''chain-link - copper alloy (near waist). Possibly part of a suspension strap for a drinking horn along with the other chain-link identified as also being part of the necklace (Paterson 2014, p.72)'':*''drinking horn mount - copper alloy and fragments of horn.'':*''sickle, shears, antler comb (found together)''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''Grave 3. Male''':*''ringed pin'':*''6 glass beads, 1 amber bead, 2 silver finger rings, 1 silver suspension loop (near neck). May have been in a bag or a necklace'':*''sword - type U'':*''knife'':*''folding knife (near waist)'':*''whetstone (near waist)'':*''2 buckles and strap slides (near foot). For spurs''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''Grave 4. Male''':*''belt: buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy'':*''ringed pin'' :*''glass bead'':*''sword - type L. remains of scabbard including traces of a small buckle'':*''spearhead - type K, with part of wooden shaft - ash'':*''axehead - type E, part of haft - boxwood. possibly butt hafted'':*''shield boss - R564/R562, estimated 80-95cm shield diameter'':*''possible strike-a-light'':*''knife''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''Grave 5. Male''':*''buckle with plate - copper alloy, and strap end - copper alloy'':*''pair of iron prick spurs, with attached plates. Also with an associated buckle and strap guide.'':*''a glass bead and an amber bead (near neck)'':*''sword - type X, and scabbard - sheep lined, poplar or willow wood lathes, covered in leather'':*''2 strap ends - possibly part of a sword baldric or possibly a 'peace tie'.'':*''spear - Type K'':*''Seax with a silver inlaid horn handle and some traces of the leather sheath, along with copper-alloy binding strips '':*''drinking horn rim mount (near head)'':*''folding knife'':*''flints, a silver coin, a glass disc, a knife, and a ringed pin (near left hip). possibly all in a pouch'':*''iron chain''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''Grave 6. Male''':*''buckle with plate - copper alloy'':*''spearhead - type G but with a longer socket and no mid rib'':*''knife with horn handle''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''from the plough soil''':*''oval brooch - maybe belonging to grave 2'':*''buckle - copper alloy - maybe belonging to grave 1'':*''ringed pin - copper alloy - maybe belonging to grave 6, or even graves 1 or 2'':*''large amber annular bead'':*''4 glass beads'':*''sword - type L - maybe belonging to grave 6'':*''spearhead - too damaged to type'':*''spearhead - type I'':*''spearhead - possibly a type G'':*''possible seax'':*''key - copper alloy'':*''possible antler comb'':*''possible folding knife'':*''possible folding knife'':*''knife blade'':*''spur fragments'':*''buckle - iron''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, South Yorkshire: Adwick-le-Street|England, South Yorkshire: Adwick-le-Street]]===
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:Status-{{Accepted}}Category:Type- BurialEngland, South Yorkshire:Find dateAdwick- Excavated in 2001:Bodiesle- Female skeleton:Dated to- C9th:Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Speed, Greg & Walton Rogers 2004Street}} :Grave goods:*''Copper-alloy Bowl'':*''Pair of non-identical oval brooches. Both Petersen type P37.'':*''Hangerock. Textile remains preserved on the rears of the oval brooches and on the knife have been identified as z-spun tabby weave made from plant fibre (linen). In addition a number of thin linen strips (4mm wide) were found around the pins of the brooches. It appears that there was a pair of loops at the base of the brooch and a single loop at the top.'':*''Iron key; iron knife''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Derbyshire: Ingleby|England, Derbyshire: Ingleby]]===
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Also known as '' 'Heath Wood, Ingleby' ''<blockquote style="background-color: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#Torksey, Lincolnshire|Torksey]] 872-873AD:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>:Status- {{Accepted}}Category:Type- Cremations:Find date- Excavated 3 timesEngland, 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000ADDerbyshire:Bodies- Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.:Dated to- 873-878AD:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Richards 1995Ingleby}}:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004B}}:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|pp.23-116}}:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999|p.167}}:Grave goods:*''Swords'':*''buckles''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Norfolk: Sedgeford|England, Norfolk: Sedgeford]]===
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:Status- {{Possible}}Category:Type- Churchyard BurialEngland, Norfolk:Find date- 1997:Bodies- Woman and a horse found in Christian graveyard:Dated to- ?:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112Sedgeford}}:Grave goods-:''None''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Carlisle|England, Cumbria: Carlisle]]===
Also known as '' 'Carlisle Cathedral' ''
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:Status- {{Accepted}}Category:Type-England, Cumbria:Find date- 1988:Bodies- :Dated to- :Publications-:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.202Carlisle}}:Grave goods-:*''Buckles'':*''Strap ends'':*''small whetstone''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Derbyshire: Repton|England, Derbyshire: Repton]]===
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<blockquote style="background-color{{Category: #f5fffa; border:1px solid #cef2e0;">:Part of a group of winter camp sites of the Great Heathen Army::[[#TorkseyEngland, Lincolnshire|Torksey]] 872-873ADDerbyshire:[[#Repton, Derbyshire|Repton]] and [[#Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire|Heath Wood, Ingleby]] 873-874AD</blockquote>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- Excavated between 1974-1988AD:Bodies- Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.:Dated to- 873-874AD:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 1992}}:*{{ListRef|Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 2001|pp.55-92}} :*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999|p.167}}:'''Warrior Grave''' :*''Thors hammer'':*''sword and scabbard'':*''buckles'':*''iron knives'' (one a folding knife)<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery> 
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===[[:Category:England, Norfolk: Middle Harling|England, Norfolk: Middle Harling]]===
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{{Category:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1986:Bodies- Man:Dated to- late 9th / early 10th [MARGESON 1997]. Graham suggests that it may possibly date later based on the copper alloy buckle [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001] :Grave goods- ::* 4 knives. One (possibly two?) with a pivoting blade.::* Whetstone::* Spur. found by the right foot.::* Brass buckle with iron plateEngland, rectangular. found at the waist and from a belt.Norfolk::* Iron buckle, D shaped. found by the left knee.::* Ear scoop. copper alloy. found in the filling 11cm above the grave.:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Margeson 1997|p.16-17Middle Harling}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.111}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Essex: Waltham Abbey|England, Essex: Waltham Abbey]]===
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{{Category:<span style="colorEngland, Essex:#FF0000">'''Status- Discredited'''</span>:Find date- 1985-1991:Bodies- Man:Dated to- late 10th / early 11th :Grave goods- ::* decorated copper alloy plate. Now identified as a stirrup mount.:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.115Waltham Abbey}}:* Hall 2004? p.205<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Wensley|England, North Yorkshire: Wensley]]===
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====Wensley Churchyard===={{Category:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1967:Bodies- Male, found in a churchyard:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- (British Museum):*'''[[Swords found in Britain#England, North Yorkshire: Wensley Churchyard|Sword]]''' Petersen type L:*Spearhead:*Sickle blade, iron:*Knife:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|p.77 cat.E26}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;">Sword_wensley.jpg</gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Berkshire: Sonning|England, Berkshire: Sonning]]===
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{{Category:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1966:Bodies- 2 Male skeletons:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- :*'''[[Swords found in Britain#England, Berkshire: Sonning|Sword]]''' :*Knife:*Bronze ringed pin, with a missing ring.:*6 arrow heads:*unidentified iron strip?:Discussion- The grave goods for the two skeletons are listed together and it is now not possible to determine what items were originally associated with what skeleton.:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.115}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen|England, Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen]]===
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{{Category:'''Status- Possible''':Find date- ?:Bodies- ? :Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::* Seax 'late Anglo-Saxon'::* KnifeEngland, possibly saxon.Cambridgeshire:Discussion- Considered very possible. :Publications-:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112Wicken Fen}}:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.205}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Norfolk: Gooderstone|England, Norfolk: Gooderstone]]===
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:<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Status- Discredited'''</span>:Find date- 1957:Bodies- ? found by ploughing:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- ::* Sword fragment:Discussion- Graham-Campbell states that this find should be removed from all location maps of Viking graves as has already been done by Richards [RICHARDS 2004].:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1976|p.394}}Category:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112England, Norfolk: Gooderstone}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;">Norwich-Sword Gooderstone hilt.jpgNorwich-Sword Gooderstone.jpg</gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Norfolk: Thetford|England, Norfolk: Thetford]]===
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{{Category:'''Status- Accepted''':Find date- 1953:Bodies- 2 burials:Dated to- ?:Grave goods- First Grave::* Sword 'late Anglo-saxon'. Possibly ritually killed. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.112]:Grave goods- Second Grave::* SpearEngland, fragmentary. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001Norfolk:p.112]::* Knife (now lost):Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.112Thetford}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;">Norwich-Sword Thetford.jpgNorwich-Sword Thetford hilt.jpg</gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Lancashire: Rampside|England, Lancashire: Rampside]]===
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:Status- {{Possible}}[Edwards 1992]Category:Type- Churchyard grave:Find date- 1909?:Bodies- None:Dated to- ?:Museum- Municipal MuseumEngland, Barrow-in-FurnessLancashire:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.18Rampside}}:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.202}} :*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|no.11 p.49}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.21-22}}:'''Grave goods''':*''Sword'' - Petersen type M<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Workington|England, Cumbria: Workington]]===
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''Also known as West Seaton'':Status- {{Possible}}[Edwards 1992]Category:Type- Churchyard Grave?England, Cumbria:Find date- AD 1902-1903 :Bodies- None:Dated to- ?:Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Collingwood 1904Workington}}:*{{ListRef|Collingwood 1904b}}:*{{ListRef|Cowan 1948|no.5 p.75|x}}:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.21}}:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1976|p.394|x}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|no.10 p.48}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.21}}:*Edwards, B. J. N. 'The West Seaton Viking Sword' (Not available to the authors) :'''Grave goods''':*''Sword'' - Petersen type W or X possibly still in its scabbard.<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="text-align:left;"></gallery>
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Witherslack|England, Cumbria: Witherslack]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Essex: Walthamstow|England, Essex: Walthamstow]]===
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{{Category:England, Hampshire: Basingstoke}}
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===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-WestmorelandWestmorland|England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-WestmorelandWestmorland]]===
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===[[:Category:England, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent|England, Nottinghamshire: Newark-on-Trent]]===
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{{Category:England, Essex: Leigh-on-sea}}
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{{Category:England, Lancashire: Inskip}}
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{{Category:England, Oxfordshire: Oxford}}
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{{Category:England, Essex: Saffron Walden}}
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{{Category:England, North Yorkshire: Bedale}}
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{{Category:England, North Yorkshire: Kildale}}
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{{Category:England, Norfolk: Santon Downham}}
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{{Category:England, Cumbria: Brigham}}
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{{Category:England, Northumberland: Bedlington}}
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===[[:Category:England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham|England, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham]]===
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{{Category:England, Oxfordshire: Hook Norton}}
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{{Category:England, Berkshire: Reading}}
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{{Category:England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall}}
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{{Category:England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest}}
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{{Category:England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield}}
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{{Category:England, Lancashire: Heysham}}
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{{Category:England, Cumbria: Aspatria}}
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== References ==
{{Ref|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|x}}
{{Ref|Cowan Cowen 1948|x}}
{{Ref|Edwards 1998|x}}
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{{Ref|Bersu & Wilson 1966|x}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 1994|x}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|x}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 2001|x}}
{{Ref|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|x}}{{Ref|Redknap 2000|x}}{{Ref|Redmond 2007|x}}{{Ref|Richards 2004|Xx}}
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