Rivets and nails

These iron rivets and nails were found in a Norse grave at Machrins on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides. The other grave goods indicate that a wealthy man was buried there, and these rivets suggest the possibility that he was buried in a boat.

There are eleven well documented Norse burials on Colonsay, Oronsay and Islay, and there may be as many more. Some were wealthy people, buried with a range of valuable and utilitarian objects. A boat burial is also known from elsewhere on Colonsay.

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Online ID:	000-000-099-756-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0036: Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay) Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland
Date:	Between 850 and 950
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References:	Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 89-91. Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, p 48.
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