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Viking burials found in England

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/* Claughton Hall, Lancashire */
====Claughton Hall, Lancashire====
:Find date- 1822
:Bodies- Male skeleton
:Dated to- ?
:Grave goods- (Claughton Hall)
::Pair of gilt copper-alloy Oval Brooches (R. 652). These were found wrapped back to back and encased the 2 beads and a molar tooth.::Silver nielloed brooch (possibly originally a Carolingianmount)
::2 Glass beads
:Grave goods- (Lost)
::Sword Petersen type X
::Axe, spear, hammer
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.18] [RICHARDS 2004:p.193]
:Comments- The items were said to have been found in a wooden chest
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