Category:England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall

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Status-  Accepted  

Find date- 1822

Bodies- Male skeleton

Dated to- ?

Museum- Claughton Hall

Comments- The items were said to have been found in a wooden chest

Publications-

• Jones, Michael (1849) 'Proceedings at Meetings of the Royal Archaeological Institute.' pp.74-77. (Available Online) The Archaeological Journal: Vol.6

  p.74-75
• Kendrick, T. (1935) 'The Claughton Hall brooches'. pp.117-124. (Available online) Saga Book of the Viking Club: Vol.11
• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4

  p.18
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1969) 'The Claughton Viking Burial'. In Historic Society of Lancashire Vol.121. pp.109-116.

  p.109-116
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1992) 'The Vikings in North West England. The Archaeological Evidence'. In

  Graham-Campbell, James (1992) Viking Treasure from the North West. The Cuerdale Hoard in its Context.

  no.3 p.46
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1998) Vikings in North West England. The Artifacts.

  p.15-17
• Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press.

  p.166
• Richards, Julian D. (2004) Vikings in England.

  p.193

Grave goods

• Oval Brooches (Pair), gilt copper-alloy (R. 652). These were found wrapped back to back and encased the 2 beads and a molar tooth.
• Silver nielloed brooch (originally a Carolingian mount)
• 2 Glass beads
• Sword (LOST) - Petersen type X
• Axe (LOST)
• Spearhead (LOST)
• Hammer (LOST)