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Viking burials found in Scotland

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/* Scotland, Orkney, Westness: Rousay */
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:Status- {{Accepted}}
:Type-Cemetery with 2 boat burials. 32 graves in total, 8 of which had grave goods.
:Find date- excavated between 1968 and 1984
:Bodies-
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.135-138}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78|x}}
:'''{{Male|Grave goods8. Boat Burial}}:*''Boat'' - 4 oar faering, clinker built oak vessel. L:5.5m:*''Sword''-:*''Shield'' -:*''Arrows'' -:*''Spear'' -:*''Axe'' -:*''Sickle'' -:*''Plough Shear'' -:*''Whetstone'' -:*''Strike-a-light'' -:'''{{Male|Grave 7. Boat Burial}}:*''Boat'' - 4 oar faering, clinker built oak vessel. L:4.5m:*''Sword'' -:*''Shield'' -:*''Arrows'' -:*''Whetstone'' -:*''Strike-a-light'' -:'''{{Male|Grave 6. Oval Grave}}:*''Shield'' -:*''Arrows'' -:*''Sickle'' -:*''Ringed-Pin'' -:*''Comb'' -:*''Gaming-pieces'' -:'''{{Female|Grave 5. Oval Grave}}:*''Sickle'' -:*''Comb'' -:*''Pennanular Brooch'' -:*''Spindle Whorl'' -:*''Spindle Whorl'' -:'''{{Unknown|Grave 4. }}:*'' '' -:'''{{Unknown|Grave 3. }}:*'' '' -:'''{{Unknown|Grave 2. }}:*'' '' -:'''{{Female|Grave 1. 1963 - w. full term infant}}''':*''Oval Brooch'' (Pair) -:*''40 beads'':*''Pennanular'' - silver, Irish.:*''Mount'' - Insular.:*''Strap-end'' -:*''Strap-end'' -:*''Comb'' - antler:*''Sickle'' - iron:*''Bowl'' - copper-alloy:*''Weaving sword'' - iron:*''shears'' - iron:*''heckles'' - 
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