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Viking burials found in Scotland

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''Notes taken at Graves found near the Sea-shore on a line running north and south.'' A group of 4 graves excavated and described by William Rendall in 1849. [Anderson 1880:p.85-87].
====Grave 1====
:Status-
:Type-
:Find date- before 1849
:Bodies- half a skull
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1880|p.85}}
:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Axe'' -
:*''Shield boss'' -
:*''Fragments'' - iron
 
====Grave 2====
:Status-
:Type-
:Find date- before 1849
:Bodies- part of a human skeleton, a horse skeleton and part of a dog skeleton
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1880|p.85}}
:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Horse bit'' - still in horses mouth
:*''sword or spear'' -
:*''Buckle'' -
 
====Grave 3====
:Status-
:Type-
:Find date- before 1849
:Bodies- part of a human skeleton and part of a horse skeleton
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1880|p.85}}
:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Horse bit'' - still in horses mouth
:*''spear'' - described as a dagger
 
====Grave 4====
:Status-
:Type-
:Find date- before 1849
:Bodies- human skeleton
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1880|p.85}}
:'''{{Unknown|Grave goods}}'''
:*''None''
''Graves found round a mound of Sand and Small Stones, at a considerable distance from the Sea, in a line running north-west from the former Sites of Graves''. A group of 5 graves excavated and described by William Rendall in 1849. [Anderson 1880:p.85-87]. Now in the Batemann Collection.