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== List by Find Date Mainland =====[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Langhills|Scotland, Caithness: Langhills]]=Swordle Bay==<hr>{{Category:Scotland, ArdnamurchanCaithness: Langhills}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, ArgyllCaithness: Reay|Scotland, Caithness: Reay]]===<hr>{{Category:Scotland, Caithness: Reay}} ===Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill===<hr>:Viking boat burial excavated 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
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====BalnakeilScotland, Sutherland: Durness, Sutherland=Balnakeil===<hr>:Status- :Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13) found in :Find date- 1991:?Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.140-142}}:*{{ListRef|Low N.D.}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76|x}}:'''Grave goods''' :*''Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end'' <gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ==The Islands== ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute: Ardnamurchan===<hr>''Also known as Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan'':Status- :Type- Viking boat burial :Find date- excavated in 2011:Bodies- :Dated to- Late 9th/early 10th century AD:Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Harris, Cobb, Gray & Richardson 2011}}:'''Grave goods''':*''Male sketeton'':*''Axe with traces of wooden handle'':*''Sword of type K or P, bone / antler or ivory grip. Copper alloy and silver decoration on hilt fittings'':*''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?''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Argyll: Loch Lomond, Boiden===<hr>''Also known as 'Lower Bridge of Froon, 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>:Status- :Type-:Find date- excavated in 1882:Bodies- :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}}
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====Scar[[:Category:Scotland, Highland, Eigg|Scotland, SandayHighland, Orkney=Eigg]]: Kildonnan===:Viking boat burial including a man, woman and child found in 1985:875-950AD:Grave goods- <hr>{{:Category:''swordScotland, combHighland, playing pieces, arrows with quiver remains, whale bone plaque, equal armed brooches, shears, cooking spit''Eigg}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:Publications30px; text- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998align:p.138-140]<galleryleft;">
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====KneepScotland, UigHighland, Isle of Lewis=Skye: Skeabost, Tote===<hr>:Viking woman burial found in 1979Status- :Type- Cairn containing a cremated?ADmale:Find date- excavated in 1922?:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Lethbridge 1920}}
:Grave goods:
::*''Axe head and part of the wooden shaft''-:*''hone'' -:*''copper alloy pin'' -:Publications*''ivory bead'' - [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998]:*Welander, R.D.E., Colleen Batey, ''Shield'' - possible shield fragments of iron and T.Gwood. 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;">
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====WestnessScotland, RousayOuter Hebrides, Isle of Lewis: Uig, Orkney=Cnip===<hr>''Also known as Kneep'':excavated between 1968 and 1984Status- :ADType- Viking woman burial :Grave goodsFind date-1979:Bodies- :''Dated to-:Museum-'':Publications- [GRAHAM:*{{ListRef|Welander, Batey & Cowie 1987}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-CAMPBELL and BATEY Campbell & Batey 1998}}:p.135'''Grave goods''':*''-138]-''<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====St. Ninian's Isle=Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie===<hr>:excavated in 1958Status- {{Possible}}:Viking babiesType- :Find date- :Bodies- a number of graves:Dated to- :Museum- :Publications- :*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.554}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.15-17}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Oval brooches'' (pair) -:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*''Hoard of Pictish silver bowls, cups and jewellery found in a boxSpear head''. Dated to just prior to 800AD.[OLIVER 2012- :p.187]'''other finds'''Publications- :*''[OLIVER 2012[Axes found in Britain#Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin:p.187Golspie|Axe head]]'' -:*''Ring'' - iron<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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==Northern Isles== ===Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: Broch of Gurness, Mainland, Orkney====<hr>:Status- :Type- Cemetery?:Find date- excavated in 1932:ADBodies- :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 goodsGoods -Tower''' [Hedges 1987]:*''Shield Boss'' -iron:*''Shield Boss''-iron:'''More Grave Goods -Ditch''' [Hedges 1987]Publications:*''Linen Smoother'' - glass:*''Folding balance'' - copper-alloy:*''Bead'' (LOST) - jet:*''Whetstone'' (LOST) -:'''More Grave Goods - Ramparts''' [GRAHAMHedges 1987]:*''Ring-CAMPBELL 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 BATEY 1998pendants between them. One of the amulets was a Thors hammer.[REDMOND 2007]:p*''Sickle'' - iron:*''Knife'' (Not survived) - iron with wooden handle.127:*''Pin'' -129bone. Not mentioned by Robertson [ROBERTSON 1969]<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====ToteScotland,SkeabostOrkney, Isle of Skye=Mainland: Buckquoy===<hr>:Cairn containing a cremated? male. Excavated Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- in 1922?a late Norse building :?ADFind date- 1970:Grave goods: Bodies- skeleton (Male):Dated to- :''Axe head and part of the wooden shaft; hone; copper alloy pin; ivory bead; possible shield fragments of iron and wood.''Museum-
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:*T{{ListRef|Ritchie 1976|pp. C190-191,200-201|x}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p. Lethbridge (1920) 77|x}}:'A Burial of the Viking Age in Skye '. Archaeological Journal 77 (pp. 135'{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*''Ringed-136) [httppin'' - copper-alloy. L://archaeologydataservice166mm:*''Knife'' - iron.acfragments of bone handle.uk/catalogue/adsdata/archL:120mm:*''Whetstone'' -1132black shale. L:85mm:*''Spearhead'' -1/dissemination/pdf/077/077_135_136iron, leaf shaped and socketed.pdf (Available Online)]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
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====Carn a' BharraichScotland, OronsayOrkney, Argyll=Mainland: Stenness===<hr>:3 burials. 2 found in April 1891 and 1 in 1913Status- {{Accepted}}:ADType- mound:Grave goodsFind date- excavated in 1902: Bodies- Skeleton:Dated to-:''Museum--'':Publications- [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998:p*{{ListRef|Charleson 1904|pp.113565-118]566|x}}:*McNeill, Malcolm (1891) 'Notice of Excavations in a Burial Mound of the Viking Time, in Oronsay'{{ListRef|Charleson 1905|pp. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 25 (pp 432-5) [http95|x}}://archaeologydataservice*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_025/25_432_435.pdf (Available Online)]80|x}}:*Anderson, Joseph (1907) 'Notice of Bronze Brooches and Personal Ornaments from a Ship{{ListRef|Graham-burial of the Viking time in Oronsay, and other Bronze Ornaments from ColonsayCampbell & Batey 1998|p. 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 (pp 437-50) [http61}}://archaeologydataservice*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_041/41_437_450.pdf (Available Online)]77|x}}*Grieve, Symington (1924) :'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'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 272-91) [http'://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_048/48_272_291.pdf (Available Online)]*Curle, James (1924) 'On recent Scandinavian Grave'Ring-finds from the Island of Oronsay, and from Reay, Caithness, with Notes on the Development and Chronology of the Oval Brooch of the Viking Timeheaded pin''. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 48 (pp 292-315) [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352copper-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_048/48_292_315alloy.pdf (Available Online)]Length: original 6½" surviving 5¼"<gallerymode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====ReayScotland, Caithness=Orkney, Mainland: from a neighbouring island===''Also known as 'Mainland:unprovenanced'''<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- mound:Find date- excavated in 19121902:ADBodies- 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".:*''PublicationsSpindle- [GRAHAMwhorl'' -CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998amber. Dia:p1", H:½".125:*''Pin'' -127]copper-alloy. fragment<gallerymode=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
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===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness|Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]]=Kiloran Bay==<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, ColonsayOrkney, Rousay: Westness}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall|Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]===:excavated in 1882<hr>{{Category:ADScotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall}} ===Scotland, Orkney, Sanday:Broch of Lamaness===<hr>====Grave goods1914====:Status-{{Accepted}}:Type- :''Find date--''before 1914Publications:Bodies- [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998 :p.118Dated to-122]*Anderson, J. (1907) 'Notice :Quote - "A pair of Bronze oval Viking Brooches and Personal Ornaments from of brass, a Ship-burial Jet Armlet, and an Amber Bead, found near the Broch of Laminess, south end of the Viking time in OronsayIsland of Sanday, and other Bronze Ornaments from ColonsayOrkney. Presented to the " [Anon. 1915:p.15]:Museum- National Museum by the Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mountof Scotland:Publications-Royal, G:*{{ListRef|Anon.C1915||x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.M.G87-88}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p. With Description, from Notes by the late William Galloway, of a ship56-burial of the Viking time at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay57}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''' :*''Oval Brooch'' Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol.41 (pp 437-50Pair)- 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;">
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====Ballinaby, IslayGrave 1878====:excavated in 1877Status- {{Accepted}}:ADType- :Grave goodsFind date-1878:Bodies- None :''Dated to-:Museum-''National Museum of Scotland:Publications- [GRAHAM:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-CAMPBELL and BATEY Campbell & Batey 1998|p.56-57}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.12278}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''' :*''Sword'':*''Spearhead'':*''Axe'' -125]not mentioned by Grieg 1940?<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====Pierowall, Westray, OrkneyGrave 1914 Braeswick====:finds from 1693, 1788, 1839, 1841, 1855, 1863Status- {{Accepted}}:ADType- :Grave goodsFind date-before 1914:Bodies- :''Dated to-:Museum-''Publications: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." [GRAHAMAnon. 1915:p.14]:Publications-CAMPBELL and BATEY :*{{ListRef|Anon. 1915||x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.57}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.12978}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''' :*''Oval Brooch'' -135]Copper-alloy. Type R648.:*''3 Beads'' - amber, white glass, blue glass. <gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====KildonanScotland, Isle of EiggOrkney, Inverness-shire=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''<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">
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====LanghillsScotland, Caithness=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]<gallerymode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">NMS Unst Box.JPG
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== References =Scotland, Shetland, Unst: Clibberswick===<hr>:Status- {{RefPossible}}:Type-:Find date- mid C18th:Bodies- None:Dated to- :Museum- National Museum of Scotland:Quote-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|GrahamAnderson 1874|p.556|x}}:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1882|p.17-Campbell 199419|x}}:*{{RefListRef|GrahamGrieg 1940|p.103-Campbell & Batey 1998105}}:*{{RefListRef|Harris, Cobb, Gray Graham-Campbell & Richardson 2011Batey 1998|p.64}}:*{{RefListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999Redmond 2007|p.80|x}}:'''{{RefFemale|Richards 2004Grave 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;">
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===Scotland, Shetland, St. Ninian's Isle===
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:*''Hoard of Pictish silver bowls, cups and jewellery found in a box''. Dated to just prior to 800AD.[OLIVER 2012:p.187]
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== References ==
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{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 1994|x}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|x}}
{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 2001|x}}
{{Ref|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|x}}
{{Ref|Redknap 2000|x}}
{{Ref|Redmond 2007|x}}
{{Ref|Richards 2004|x}}
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