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.
Viking Age burials found in Britain
England
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Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire
- Find date- Excavated in 2001
- Bodies- Viking Woman.
- Dated to- ?AD
- Grave goods-
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- Publications- [SPEED & WALTON ROGERS 2004]
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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]
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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]
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Hertfordshire, Enfield
- Find date- 1900AD - possible Viking ship
- Bodies- a skeleton was said to have been found under a 40' overturned ship
- Dated to- ?
- Grave goods- (British Museum)
- Sword
- Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.12]
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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]
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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]
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Yorkshire, Bedale
- Find date- 1875AD
- Bodies- Male Warrior
- Dated to- ?
- Grave goods-
- Sword of Petersen type L
- Spearhead
- Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
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Norfolk, Santon Downham
- Find date- 1867
- Bodies- based on the grave goods this might be a double interment, male and female.
- Dated to- C10th
- Grave goods- (British Museum)
- Sword
- Pair of tortoise brooches of type Rygh 652-654.
- Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.12] British Museum
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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]
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Nottingham
- Find date- ?
- Bodies- Male warrior burial
- Dated to- ?
- Grave goods-
- Sword of Petersen type X
- Sword pommel
- Spearhead of Petersen type C - D
- Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
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Scotland
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Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan
- Viking boat burial excavated in 2011
- --AD
- Grave goods:
- --
- Publications- [HARRIS 2011]
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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 n.d.]
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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 1999] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1998]
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Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
- Viking woman burial found in 1979
- ?AD
- Grave goods:
- --
- Publications- [WELANDER 1987] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1998]
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Kildonan, Isle of Eigg
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Pierowall, Westray, Orkney
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Langhills, Caithness
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Westness, Rousay, Orkney
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Isle of Man
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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.
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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.
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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.
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References
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BIDDLE1992
BJORN1940
BROGGER1921
BERSU1966
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1980
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1994
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1998
HARRIS2011
LOVLID2009
LOVLID2010
NICOLAYSEN1882
OSTERGARD2004
OWEN1999
RICHARDS2004
ROESDAHL1992
SPEED2004
WELANDER1987
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