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Viking burials found in Scotland

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/* Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie */
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{{Viking burials}}
*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]]
*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]
*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Broch of Lamaness]]
*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Scar]]
*[[#Scotland, Shetland, St. Ninian's Isle]]
== Mainland ==
===[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Langhills|Scotland, Caithness: Langhills]]===
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:Status- :Type-:Find date- 1840:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.551-552}}Category:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.25}}Scotland, Caithness:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76Langhills}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Oval brooches'' (pair) -<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Oval Brooch - Longhills (Anderson 1874).JPG</gallery>
===[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Reay|Scotland, Caithness: Reay]]===
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:Status- :Type-:Find date- excavated in 1913 and 1926:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Curle 1914a}}Category:*{{ListRef|Edwards & Bryce 1927}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.19}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.125-127}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}:'''''found in 1928''''':*''Strap-end'' - C7th<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''{{Male|Grave 1926}}''':*''Axe'':*''Shield Boss'':*''Knife'':*''Sickle'':*''Buckle'' - Iron:*''Ring-headed pin'':*''Whetstone''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Skeleton (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.8).JPGAxe (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.9).JPGPinScotland, Whetstone & flints (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.12).JPG</gallery>Caithness:'''Grave 1913 {{FemaleReay}}''':*''Oval Brooches'' (Pair) - not identical :*''Ring-headed Pin'' - copper-alloy:*''Buckle and plate'':*''Spindle whorl'':*''Horse Bit''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''''found near Grave 1913 Female''''':*''Buckle'' - iron:*''Tweezers'' - iron<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery>
===Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill===
:*''Spear head'' -
:'''other finds'''
:*''[[Axes found in Britain#Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie|Axe head]]'' -
:*''Ring'' - iron
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====Grave 1914====
:Status- {{Accepted}}
:Type-
:Find date- before 1914
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Quote - "A pair of oval Viking Brooches of brass, a Jet Armlet, and an Amber Bead, found near the Broch of Laminess, south end of the Island of Sanday, Orkney." [Anon. 1915:p.15]
:Museum- National Museum of Scotland
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1915||x}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.87-88}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.?56-57}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.?56-57}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}
:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Sword''
:*''Spearhead''
:*''Axe'' - not mentioned by Grieg 1940?
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====Grave 1914 Braeswick====
:Status- {{Accepted}}
:Type-
:Find date- before 1914
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Quote - "A Viking oval Brooch of brass; two Beads of amber and a Bead of blue glass, all found together on the Island of Sanday, Orkney." [Anon. 1915:p.14]
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1915||x}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.?57}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval Brooch'' - Copper-alloy. Type R648.
:*''3 Beads'' - amber, white glass, blue glass.
===Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Scar===
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:Status- {{Accepted}}
:Type- Viking boat burial including a man, woman and child
:Find date- 1985
:Bodies- 3 skeletons. Male, Female and a 10 year old child
:Dated to- AD 875-950
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.138-140}}
:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999}} :*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''' :*''sword, comb, playing pieces, arrows Sword with quiver Scabbard'' - Petersen Type H.:*''Arrows with Quiver remains, '' - :*''Comb'' -:*''weights'' - lead:*''Gaming pieces'' - whale :'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''' :*''Equal armed brooch'':*''Whale bone plaque, equal armed brooches, shears, cooking spit'':*''Comb'':*''Sickle'':*''Weaving batten'' - iron:*''Shears'' -:*''Needle Tidy'' -:*''Chest'' - Wooden with metal fittings:*''Spindle whorl'' - steatite:*''Spindle whorl'' - sandstone:'''{{Unknown|Child Grave goods}}''' :''None''
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===Scotland, Shetland, Unst===
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:Status- {{Possible}}
:Type-
:Find date- 1861
:Bodies- None
:Dated to-
:Museum- National Museum of Scotland
:Quote-"Oval bowl-shaped Brooch (minus pin) of bronze or brass, ornamented with the figure of a human head in relief on each side; small hemispherical Vessel or Cup of bronze ; small oval Button of serpentine, with two perforations—all found in a Viking grave in Unst, Shetland, in 1861." [Anon. 1894]
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1894|p.6 no.7|x}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.103}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.64}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.80|x}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval Brooch'' - Type R647
:*''Circular box'' - Copper-alloy. Dia:5cm H:4cm.
:*''serpentine button'' - possibly from this grave [Redmond 2007]
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===Scotland, Shetland, Unst: Clibberswick===
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:Status- {{Possible}}
:Type-
:Find date- mid C18th
:Bodies- None
:Dated to-
:Museum- National Museum of Scotland
:Quote-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.556|x}}
:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1882|p.17-19|x}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.103-105}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.64}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.80|x}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval Brooch'' (Pair) -
:*''Trefoil Brooch'' -
:*''Arm ring'' (LOST) -
:*''3 beads'' (LOST) - glass. 2 white and 1 blue.
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:Type-
:Find date- excavated in 1958
:Bodies- Viking babies
:Dated to-
:Museum-