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|'''Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire'''
 
|'''Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire'''
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:Burial of a Viking Woman.
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:Bodies- Viking Woman.
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:Dated to- ?AD
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::SPEED & WALTON ROGERS. A Burial of a Viking Woman at Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire. 2004. [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/med_arch/contents.cfm?vol=48&CFID=8031&CFTOKEN=8F92EF09-0CCA-4444-928E5C00B0B787AC (Available Online)]
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|'''Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire'''
 
|'''Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire'''
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:Excavated between 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000AD
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:Find date- Excavated 3 times, 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000AD
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:Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.
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:Bodies- Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.
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:873-878AD
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:Dated to- 873-878AD
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::''Swords, buckles''
 
::''Swords, buckles''
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:Publications- [RICHARDS 2004: pp. 23-116]
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::RICHARDS, Julian D. Excavations at the Viking Barrow Cemetery at Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire. The Antiquaries Journal, 84 pp. 23-116. 2004.
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|'''Repton'''
 
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:Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.
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:Bodies- Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.
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:873-874AD
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:Dated to- 873-874AD
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::''Thors hammer, sword and scabbard, buckles, iron knives (one a folding knife''
 
::''Thors hammer, sword and scabbard, buckles, iron knives (one a folding knife''
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:Publications- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992]
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::BIDDLE, Martin & KJBLBYE-BIDDLE, Birthe. Repton and the Vikings. ANTIQUITY 66 pages 36-51. 1992.
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|'''Berkshire, Reading'''
 
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:Found in June 1831.
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:Male warrior burial with a horse skeleton
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:Bodies- Male warrior burial with a horse skeleton
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:Grave goods: [[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Reading|Sword]] with ivory hilt.  
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::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Reading|Sword]] with ivory hilt.
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:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.11] [EAST 1986].
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::BJORN and SHETELIG 1940 p.11, Proc. S. A. L. III (1864—67) p. 461.
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Revision as of 18:01, 25 December 2012

Viking burials found in England


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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 use.

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.


Sword Map
Viking Age burials found in Britain

England

File:Adwick-le-Street.jpg
100x150px
 Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire
Find date- Excavated in 2001
Bodies- Viking Woman.
Dated to- ?AD
Grave goods-
'
Publications- [SPEED & WALTON ROGERS 2004]
File:Ingleby.jpg
100x150px
 Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire
Find date- Excavated 3 times, 1855; 1941-1949; 1998-2000AD
Bodies- Male warrior cremation burials; other cremation burials and mounds.
Dated to- 873-878AD
Grave goods-
Swords, buckles
Publications- [RICHARDS 2004: pp. 23-116]
File:Repton.jpg
100x150px
 Repton
Find date- Excavated between 1974-1988AD
Bodies- Male warrior burial; Female burial; another single male burial and 2 double burials.
Dated to- 873-874AD
Grave goods-
Thors hammer, sword and scabbard, buckles, iron knives (one a folding knife
Publications- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992]
Reading
Berkshire, Reading
Find date- June 1831.
Bodies- Male warrior burial with a horse skeleton
Dated to- ?
Grave goods-
Sword with ivory hilt.
Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.11] [EAST 1986].

Scotland

File:Ardnamurchan.jpg
Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan
Viking boat burial excavated in 2011
--AD
Grave goods:
--
Publications:
HARRIS, COBB, GRAY & RICHARDSON. ATP Report Number 17: The Viking Boat Burial Data Structure Report. 2011 (Available Online)
File:Balnakeil.jpg
Balnakeil, Sutherland
Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13) found in 1991
?AD
Grave goods:
Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end
Publications:
LOW, BATEY & GOURLAY. A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland


File:Scar.jpg
Scar, Sanday, Orkney
Viking boat burial including a man, woman and child found in 1985
875-950AD
Grave goods:
sword, comb, playing pieces, arrows with quiver remains, whale bone plaque, equal armed brooches, shears, cooking spit
Publications:
OWEN, Olwyn, and Magnar DALLAND. SCAR A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press, 1999.
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, James, and Colleen E. BATEY. Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press, 1998.
File:Kneep.jpg
Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
Viking woman burial found in 1979
?AD
Grave goods:
--
Publications:
WELANDER, R.D.E., Colleen BATEY, and T.G. COWIE. “A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis.” SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND 117, 1987: 149-174. (Available Online)
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL, James, and Colleen E. BATEY. Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press, 1998.
File:Kildonan.jpg
Kildonan, Isle of Eigg
File:Pierowall.jpg
Pierowall, Westray, Orkney
File:Langhills.jpg
Langhills, Caithness
File:Westness.jpg
Westness, Rousay, Orkney


Isle of Man

File:Balladoole.jpg
Balladoole, Arbory
Male grave with female body (possibly of a sacrificial slave) excavated in 1946
Grave goods:
shield boss and hand grip,
Publications:
BERSU, Gerhard, and David M. WILSON. Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1, 1966.
File:Cronk Moar.jpg
Cronk Moar, Jurby
excavated in 1939
Publications:
BERSU, Gerhard, and David M. WILSON. Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1, 1966.
File:Ballateare.jpg
Ballateare, Jurby
Publications:
BERSU, Gerhard, and David M. WILSON. Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1, 1966.

References

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