Scotland: Ballinaby

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Viking Age Compendium: 15 Viking Age Burials

Archaeological sites

Archaeological sites

15 Viking Graves

15 Viking Graves

England: Repton

England: Repton

Isle of Man: Pagan Lady of Peel

Isle of Man: Pagan Lady of Peel

France: L'Ile de Groix

France: L'Ile de Groix

Denmark: Mammen

Denmark: Mammen

Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5

Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5

Norway: Oseberg

Norway: Oseberg

Norway: Gokstad

Norway: Gokstad

Norway: Gjermundbu

Norway: Gjermundbu

Archaeological sites

Archaeological sites

15 Viking Graves

15 Viking Graves

England: Repton

England: Repton

Isle of Man: Pagan Lady of Peel

Isle of Man: Pagan Lady of Peel

France: L'Ile de Groix

France: L'Ile de Groix

Denmark: Mammen

Denmark: Mammen

Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby Boat Burial

Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5

Denmark: Hedeby Chamber 5

Norway: Oseberg

Norway: Oseberg

Norway: Gokstad

Norway: Gokstad

Norway: Gjermundbu

Norway: Gjermundbu

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Data Card

Location:	Ballinaby, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Find Date:	August 1878
Bodies:	Double burial? Male & Female
Context:	'
Dated to:	'
Museum:	National Museum of Scotland ()
Grave Goods:	'

Catalogue of Grave Goods

Male Grave

• Sword (X.IL 125)

Type: Petersen B

References

• National Museum of Scotland
• Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14

  p.51
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2

  p.31-32
• Żabiński, Grzegorz (2007) 'Viking Age Swords from Scotland'. STUDIA I MATERIAŁY – STUDIES AND MATERIALS. Acta Militaria Mediaevalia III. Kraków – Sanok 2007, s. 29-84. (Available Online - www.academia.edu)

  no.25

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• Shield boss with a copper-alloy handle (X.IL 126)

Type: Harrison Irish Sea

References

• National Museum of Scotland
• Harrison, Stephen H. & Ó Floinn, Raghnall 2014 Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.11

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• Axe 1

Type: Wheeler III (Iron)

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• Axe 2

Type: Wheeler III (iron)

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• Spearhead (X.IL 128) with a possible Ferrule (X.IL 129)

Spearhead Type: Petersen (Iron)

Ferrule Type: (Iron)

References

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• Fishing Spear

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• Drinking horn terminal (X.IL 127) & mount.

Type: Copper-alloy

References

• National Museum of Scotland

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• Hammer (iron)

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• Forge tongs (iron)

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• Adze (iron)

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• Cauldron (iron)

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Female Gave

• 2 Oval broochs

Petersen type

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• 12 beads

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• Pin (silver) with a flat chain of four-stranded wire (silver)

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• Box Mounts

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• Ladle (copper-alloy)

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• Glass linen smoother

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• Heckle Teeth (iron)

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• Needle-case (copper-alloy)

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References

The Ballinaby Burial

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  Anderson, Joeseph (1880) 'Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay, Discovered by William Campbell, Esq., of Ballinaby; with Notices of the Burial Customs of the Norse Sea-Kings, as recorded in the Sagas and Illustrated by their Grave Mounds in Norway and in Scotland'.pp.51-89. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.14

   ^{(ANDERSON 1880)}

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2

   ^{(GRIEG 1940)}

p.31-41

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  Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications

   ^{(GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980)}

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  Graham-Campbell, James, and Batey, Colleen E. (1998) Vikings in Scotland, an archaeological survey. Edinburgh University Press.

   ^{(GRAHAM-CAMPBELL & BATEY 1998)}

p.122-125

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  Redmond, Angela Z. (2007) Viking Burial in the North of England. A Study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity.. British Archaeological Reports: BAR 429

   ^{(REDMOND 2007)}

p.81-82

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  Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd.

   ^{(WOV 2003)}