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Viking burials found in England

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/* England */
|'''Hertfordshire, Enfield'''
:Find date- 1900AD - possible Viking ship
:Bodies- a skeleton was said to have been found under the possible a 40' overturned ship
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (British Museum)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Enfield|Sword]]
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.12]
 
|- valign="top" id="Basingstoke"
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|'''Hants, West Ham nr. Basingstoke'''
:Find date- 1899AD
:Bodies- a skeleton was found under the possible ship
:Dated to- Dated to Viking Age (C9th ?) by Bjorn and Shetelig but previously dated to the Anglo-Saxon period.
:Grave goods-
::Knife, Spear, lance heads
::bronze bowl, iron bowl with handle
::draughtsmen (stained green by contact with bronze)
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.11]
 
|- valign="top" id="Magdalen"
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|'''Oxford, River Cherwell at Magdalen Bridge'''
:Find date- 1884AD
:Bodies- Men and horse skeletons
:Dated to- C9th by Stirrup style
:Grave goods- (Ashmolean Museum 1886, 443-47)
::Spearhead, shield boss
::Shears
::Horseshoe, spur
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
|- valign="top" id="Bedale"
|[[File:Sword_bedale.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bedale]]
|'''Yorkshire, Bedale'''
:Find date- 18751875AD
:Bodies- Male Warrior
:Dated to- ?
:Bodies- based on the grave goods this might be a double interment, male and female.
:Dated to- C10th
:Grave goods- (British Museum)
::[[Viking Age Swords found in Britain#Santon|Sword]]
::Pair of tortoise brooches of type Rygh 652-654.