from Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Inner Hebrides
Add to albumThis iron pan was found in a man's grave at Kiloran Bay on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides. He was buried in a boat between 875 and 925 with a range of Scandinavian weapons, tools and a pin. He was probably a trader as well as a warrior.
The iron pan is fragmentary and very corroded. Approximately half of it survives, including remains of a long handle. Before X-ray analysis, the pan was thought to be a cauldron, since the long corroded handle had become separated.
Viking men, especially those coming from a Norwegian home or background, were buried with a wide array of goods. These often included a range of weapons, tools, personal ornaments and feasting equipment.
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- Online ID: 000-000-099-689-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland
- Date: Between 875 and 925
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- Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 118-22.
- Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, pp 48-61, esp. p 50.
- Ritchie, Anna. Viking Scotland London: B.T. Batsford Ltd/Historic Scotland, 1993, pp 79-84.
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