Viking burials found in England

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

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]
No Picture	Lancs, Rampside Find date- 1909? Bodies- None, found in a churchyard Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness) Sword Petersen type M Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18]
	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]
No Picture	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]
No Picture	Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland Find date- 1898 Bodies- a skeleton Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Tullie House Museum) Sword Petersen type M, Shield Boss Frag. iron rod. small iron knife (now lost) Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18]
No Picture	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]
File:Sword bedale.JPG 100x150px	Yorkshire, Bedale Find date- 1875AD Bodies- Male Warrior Dated to- ? Grave goods- (British Museum) Sword of Petersen type L Spearhead Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
File:Sword santon.jpg 100x150px	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
	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]
No Picture	Lancs, Claughton Hall Find date- 1822 Bodies- skeleton Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Claughton Hall) Pair of Oval Brooches (R. 652) Silver nielloed brooch (possibly Carolingian) 2 Glass beads Grave goods- (Lost) Sword Petersen type X Axe, spear, hammer Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18] Comments- The items were said to have been found in a wooden chest
	Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest Find date- 1882 Bodies- Cremation covered in a cairn Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Tullie House Museum) Sword Petersen type O, Spear Head Petersen type I, Spear Head Petersen type F, Shield Boss (broken in two), Axe Head Petersen type E, Iron Bit plated in bronze, Two Buckles (one with a buckle plate), Sickle, Wet stone, Bone Comb and Bone Case, Pair of Spurs (now lost) Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.19]
File:Sword nottingham.jpg 100x150px	Nottingham Find date- ? Bodies- Male warrior burial Dated to- ? Grave goods- (British Museum Tr. 158) Sword of Petersen type X Sword pommel Spearhead of Petersen type C - D Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
No Picture	Yorkshire, Northallerton Find date- ? Bodies- Female skeleton? Dated to- ? Grave goods- (National Museum of Scotland) Single oval brooch R.652 Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15]
No Picture	Cumberland, Workington Find date- Possibly from a burial? Bodies- None Dated to- ? Grave goods- Sword Petersen type W or X Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.21]
No Picture	Northumberland, Bedlington, Cambois Find date- Bodies- None - found together in a barrow? Dated to- ? Grave goods- Bronze Disk Brooch with enamel inlay, Bone comb. Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]

Scotland

File:Ardnamurchan.jpg	Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial excavated in 2011 --AD Grave goods: -- Publications- [HARRIS 2011]
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 n.d.]
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 1999] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1998]
File:Kneep.jpg	Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis Viking woman burial found in 1979 ?AD Grave goods: -- Publications- [WELANDER 1987] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 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.
No Picture	Isle of Man, Kirk Michael Find date- 1885 Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Manx Museum) Spear Head Petersen type K Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
No Picture	Isle of Man, St. Maughold Find date- 1824 Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave Dated to- ? Grave goods- (National Museum of Scotland) Sword Petersen type L Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]
No Picture	Ballaugh, Find date- 1824 Bodies- burial in a low barrow Dated to- ? Grave goods- Sword Petersen type L, Spear Head (lost) Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
No Picture	Jurby, Find date- ? Bodies- found in a church yard and re-interred by the Vicar. Dated to- ? Grave goods- Sword (Wheeler type III?) Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.22]
No Picture	Isle of Man, Old Kirk Braddan Find date- ? Bodies- found in a church yard whilst digging a grave Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Manx Museum) Sword with missing hilt Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]
No Picture	Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee Find date- ? Boat Burial Bodies- 2 small fragments of a human skull. Dated to- ? Grave goods- (Manx Museum) Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]

References

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