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[[File:burial_map.jpg{{MajorRef|thumb|left|200x300px|alt=Sword Map|Viking Age burials found in Britain]] 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 some use.<br><br>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.<br><br>[[Viking burials found in England]]<br>[[Viking burials found in the Isle of Man]]<br>{{-& Batey 1998}}

|style="width: 20%;"|'''Lewis'''==Mainland===*[[#KneepScotland, Uig, Isle of Lewis|Kneep, UigCaithness: Langhills]]<br>'''Orkney'''*[[#PierowallScotland, Westray, Orkney|Pierowall, WestrayCaithness: Reay]]*[[#ScarScotland, Sanday, Orkney|ScarDumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, SandayTorbeckhill]]*[[#WestnessScotland, RousaySutherland: Durness, Orkney|Westness, RousayBalnakeil]]<br>

'''Skye'''===Northern Isles===*[[#ToteScotland, SkeabostOrkney, Isle Mainland: Broch of Skye|ToteGurness]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, SkeabostMainland: Buckquoy]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: Stenness]]'''Sutherland'''*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: from a neighbouring island]]*[[#BalnakeilScotland, Sutherland|BalnakeilOrkney, Rousay: Westness]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Broch of Lamaness]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Scar]]*[[#Scotland, Shetland, St. Ninian's Isle]]

== List by Find Date Mainland =====[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Langhills|Scotland, Caithness: Langhills]]=Swordle Bay==<hr>{{Category:Scotland, ArdnamurchanCaithness: Langhills}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Reay|Scotland, Caithness: Reay]]===<hr>{{Category:Viking boat burial excavated Scotland, Caithness: Reay}} ===Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill===<hr>:Status- {{Possible}}:Type- found in 2011a mound by the River Mein:Find date-found in 1913:Bodies-AD None:Grave goodsDated to- c.900 [Redmond 2007]:Museum- National Museum of Scotland:Publications- :''*{{ListRef|Curle 1914b}}:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|p.35}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.13-14}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.109}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.33}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':Publications*''[[Swords found in Britain#Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill|Sword]]'' - [HARRIS 2011X.IL 340]Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a)<gallerymode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">NMS_Torbeckhill_Sword.jpg

====BalnakeilScotland, Sutherland=: Durness, Balnakeil===<hr>:Status- :Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13) found in :Find date- 1991:?ADBodies- :Grave goods: Dated to- ::''Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end'' Museum-

:*Low, Batey {{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & GourlayBatey 1998|p. (n140-142}}:*{{ListRef|Low N.dD.) A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76|x}}:'''Grave goods''' :*''Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end'' <gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

==The Islands==Scar, Sanday, Orkney ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute: Ardnamurchan===<hr>''Also known as Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan'':Status- :Type- Viking boat burial including a man, woman and child found :Find date- excavated in 19852011:875Bodies-950AD :Dated to- Late 9th/early 10th century AD:Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Harris, Cobb, Gray & Richardson 2011}}:'''Grave goods- ''':*''Male sketeton'':*''sword, comb, playing pieces, arrows Axe with quiver remainstraces of wooden handle'':*''Sword of type K or P, whale bone plaque, equal armed brooches, shears, cooking spit/ antler or ivory grip. Copper alloy and silver decoration on hilt fittings'':Publications- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998]*''Spear. Iron type E.'':*''Shield boss.'':*''Knife'':*''Saucepan/ladle with a 1m long handle.'':*''Hammer head'':*''Tongs'':*''Ring Pin. Copper alloy.'':*''Wetstone. Norwegian schist.'':*''Drinking horn. Copper alloy rim with a possible iron base?''<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

====KneepScotland, UigArgyll and Bute, Isle Argyll: Loch Lomond, Boiden===<hr>''Also known as 'Lower Bridge of LewisFroon, Boiden Mound'':Status- :Type- found in a mound. Cremation?:Find date- found in April 1851:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum- LOST:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Stewart 1854}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.569}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.15}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.30}}:'''Grave goods''':*''Sword'' (LOST) - :*''Shield boss'' (LOST) -:*''Spear head'' (LOST) - <gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay===<hr>:Viking woman burial found Status- :Type-:Find date- excavated in 19791882:?ADBodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.118-122}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1907}}:'''Grave goods''':*''--''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===[[:Category:Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby|Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby]]===<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby}} ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Oronsay: Carn a' Bharraich===<hr>:Status- :Type-:Find date- April 1891 and 1913:Bodies- burials:Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.113-118}}:*{{ListRef|Grieve 1924}}:*{{ListRef|Curle 1924}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1907}}:*{{ListRef|McNeill 1891}}

::*''--'':Publications- [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998]*Welander, R.D.E., Colleen Batey, and T.G. Cowie. (1987) “A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis.” SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND 117,: 149-174. [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/psas/contents.cfm?vol<gallery mode=117&CFIDPacked heights=8031&CFTOKEN120px style=8F92EF09"Padding-0CCAleft:30px; text-4444-928E5C00B0B787AC& (Available Online)]<galleryalign:left;">

===[[:Category:Scotland, Highland, Eigg|Scotland, Highland, Eigg]]: Kildonnan=Tote==<hr>{{:Category:Scotland,SkeabostHighland, Eigg}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Highland, Isle of Skye=: Skeabost, Tote===<hr>:Status- :Type- Cairn containing a cremated? male. Excavated :Find date- excavated in 1922?:?ADBodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Lethbridge 1920}}

::*''Axe head and part of the wooden shaft; '' -:*''hone; '' - :*''copper alloy pin; '' -:*''ivory bead; '' -:*''Shield'' - possible shield fragments of iron and wood.<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Isle of Lewis: Uig, Cnip===<hr>''Also known as Kneep'':Status- :Type- Viking woman burial :Find date- 1979:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-

:*T. C. Lethbridge (1920) {{ListRef|Welander, Batey & Cowie 1987}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}:'A Burial of the Viking Age in Skye '. Archaeological Journal 77 (pp. 135-136) [http'Grave goods'''://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch*''-1132-1/dissemination/pdf/077/077_135_136.pdf (Available Online)]''<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

====Carn a' BharraichScotland, OronsaySutherland, Argyll=Dunrobin: Golspie===<hr>:3 burials. 2 found in April 1891 and 1 in 1913Status- {{Possible}}:ADType- :Grave goodsFind date- : Bodies- a number of graves:Dated to- :''Museum--'':Publications- [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998]:*McNeill, Malcolm (1891) 'Notice of Excavations in a Burial Mound of the Viking Time, in Oronsay'{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 25 (pp 432-5) [http554}}://archaeologydataservice*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch15-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_025/25_432_43517}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.pdf (Available Online)]76}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*Anderson, Joseph (1907) 'Notice of Bronze Brooches and Personal Ornaments from a Ship-burial of the Viking time in Oronsay, and other Bronze Ornaments from Colonsay. Presented to the National Musem by the Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount-Royal, G.C.M.G. With Description, from Notes by the late William Galloway, of a ship-burial of the Viking time at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay' . Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 41 Oval brooches'' (pp 437-50pair) [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_041/41_437_450.pdf (Available Online)]:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*Grieve, Symington (1924) 'Note upon Carn nan Bharraich, or Cairn of the Men of Barra, a Burial Mound of the Viking Time on the Island of Oronsay, Argyllshire, with an outline of the Political History of the Western Isles during the latter half of the Ninth Century'. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 48 (pp 272Spear head'' -91) [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_048/48_272_291.pdf (Available Online)]'''other finds''':*Curle, James (1924) 'On recent Scandinavian Grave-finds from the Island of Oronsay'[[Axes found in Britain#Scotland, and from ReaySutherland, Caithness, with Notes on the Development and Chronology of the Oval Brooch of the Viking TimeDunrobin: Golspie|Axe head]]''. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 48 (pp 292-315) [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch*''Ring'' -352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_048/48_292_315.pdf (Available Online)]iron<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

==Northern Isles==Kildonan ===Scotland, Isle of EiggOrkney, Inverness-shire=Mainland: Broch of Gurness===<hr>:Status- :Type- Cemetery?:Find date- excavated in 1932:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Comments- At least 6 graves [ROBERTSON 1969]:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Robertson 1969||x}}:*{{NoRef|Hedges 1987|from Redmond 2007|x}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.127-129}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}:'''More Grave Goods - Tower''' [Hedges 1987]:*''Shield Boss'' -iron:*''Shield Boss'' - iron:'''More Grave Goods - Ditch''' [Hedges 1987]:*''Linen Smoother'' - glass:*''Folding balance'' - copper-alloy:*''Bead'' (LOST) - jet:*''Whetstone'' (LOST) -:'''More Grave Goods - Ramparts''' [Hedges 1987]:*''Ring-headed pin''- copper-alloy:*''Bead''- amber:'''More Grave Goods - West of Tower''' [Hedges 1987]:*''5 Finger rings''- copper-alloy. Found on two skeletal hands.:'''Grave 1932 {{Female}}''':*''Oval Brooches'' (Pair) - Type 51:*''Necklace'' - of seashells (lobster shell fragments) [ROBERTSON 1969] or a string of amulets and pendants between them. One of the amulets was a Thors hammer.[REDMOND 2007]:*''Sickle'' - iron:*''Knife'' (Not survived) - iron with wooden handle.:*''Pin'' - bone. Not mentioned by Robertson [ROBERTSON 1969]<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

====Pierowall, WestrayScotland, Orkney=, Mainland: Buckquoy===<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- in a late Norse building :Find date- 1970:Bodies- skeleton (Male):Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Ritchie 1976|pp.190-191,200-201|x}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.77|x}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*''Ringed-pin'' - copper-alloy. L:166mm:*''Knife'' - iron. fragments of bone handle. L:120mm:*''Whetstone'' - black shale. L:85mm:*''Spearhead'' - iron, leaf shaped and socketed. L:87mm:*''Mount'' - bone fragment with 2 iron rivets. L:45mm<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Scotland, Orkney, Buckquoy (Ritchie 1976).JPG

====LanghillsScotland, Caithness=Orkney, Mainland: Stenness===<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- mound:Find date- excavated in 1902:Bodies- Skeleton:Dated to-:Museum- :Publications- :*{{ListRef|Charleson 1904|pp.565-566|x}}:*{{ListRef|Charleson 1905|pp.95|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.80|x}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.61}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.77|x}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Ring-headed pin'' - copper-alloy. Length: original 6½" surviving 5¼"<gallerymode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

===Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: from a neighbouring island===''Also known as 'Mainland: unprovenanced'''<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- mound:Find date- excavated in 1902:Bodies- Skeleton:Dated to-:Museum- :Publications- :*{{ListRef|Charleson 1904|pp.560-561|x}}:*{{ListRef|Charleson 1905|pp.87-90|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.86|x}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.77|x}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Oval Brooch'' (Pair) - Type R654. Fragment of cloth, possibly linen. L:4", W:2½", Depth:1¼".:*''Armlet'' - bone (or jet). Dia-inner: 2½", Thickness:½".:*''Spindle-whorl'' - amber. Dia: 1", H:½".:*''Pin'' - copper-alloy. fragment<gallery mode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Scotland, Orkney, neighbouring island - Oval brooch (Charleson 1905).JPGScotland, Orkney, neighbouring island - bone ring (Charleson 1905).JPG</gallery> ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness|Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]]===<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall|Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]===<hr>{{Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall}} ===Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Broch of Lamaness===<hr>====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}}''' :*''Oval Brooch'' (Pair) - Type R654:*''Arm ring'' - Jet:*''Bead'' - amber:*''Pennanular brooch'' - copper-alloy. Dia-ring:2.3cm<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ====Grave 1878====:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- 1878:Bodies- None :Dated to- :Museum- National Museum of Scotland: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?<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ====Grave 1914 Braeswick====:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- before 1914:Bodies- :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. <gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Scar===<hr>: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|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.138-140}}:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999}} :*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''' :*''Sword with Scabbard'' - Petersen Type H.:*''Arrows with Quiver remains'' - :*''Comb'' -:*''weights'' - lead:*''Gaming pieces'' - whale:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''' :*''Equal armed brooch'':*''Whale bone plaque'':*''Comb'':*''Sickle'':*''Weaving batten'' - iron:*''Shears'' -:*''Needle Tidy'' -:*''Chest'' - Wooden with metal fittings:*''Spindle whorl'' - steatite:*''Spindle whorl'' - sandstone:'''{{Unknown|Child Grave goods}}''' :''None''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Shetland, Unst===<hr>: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]<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">NMS Unst Box.JPG</gallery> ===Scotland, Shetland, Unst: Clibberswick===<hr>: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.<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"> </gallery> ===Scotland, Shetland, St. Ninian's Isle===<hr>:Status- :Type-:Find date- excavated in 1958:Bodies- babies:Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Oliver 2012|p.187}}:'''Grave goods''':*''Hoard of Pictish silver bowls, cups and jewellery found in a box''. Dated to just prior to 800AD.[OLIVER 2012:p.187]<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">

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