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Viking burials found in England

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====Nottingham[[:Category:England, Nottinghamshire====:'''Status- Possible''':Find date- 1851:Bodies- Possibly burial of 2 Male warriors. 2 skulls and other human remains:Dated to- Graham-Campbell quotes Hall's proposed post 918AD date based on the 2 swords. :Grave goods- (British Museum Tr. 158)::*[[Swords found in Britain#NottinghamXNottingham|Sword of Petersen type X]] length 36"England, width (blade) 2.25", Gripe has traces of wood.Nottinghamshire::*[[Swords found in Britain#Nottingham_Pommel|Sword pommelNottingham]] Petersen type Y.===::*Spearhead of Petersen type C - D. Affixed with a brass pin:Discussion- Evison has confirmed the sword as a later type Y and not a type L as it appears in the picture [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106]. Graham-Campbell notes that there is no evidence that the two swords were actually found with the spear [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106] and suggests that this explains the possible discrepancy of the sword's later C10th / C11th topological dating to the spears earlier C9th traditional dating. I would suggest that the cut off date for the Petersen type C-D spearhead is too early and that Ottonian manuscripts dating to the early C11th still show this type of spear in use. This would help support a C10th century date for the two graves.:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.15}}Category:England, Nottinghamshire:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 2001|p.105-106Nottingham}}:*Archaeological Journal, 1851, vol 8, pp 424-5 [http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/documents/30nottas_000.pdf (Available Online)]
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