original from Balnakeil, Durness, Sutherland
000-000-099-770-C
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Grave goods (reconstruction)
This picture shows reconstructions of some Viking grave goods associated with textiles and fishing. They were found in a boy's grave at Balnakeil near Durness in Sutherland along with adult weapons and various objects. The burial dates from sometime between 850 and 900.
Pictured here are a pumice stone, pair of iron shears, iron needles and a wooden needle divider bound with thread, and an iron fishhook and thread.
The actual objects were very corroded and fragmentary, but x-rays and other scientific analysis, together with comparisons to other better preserved examples, have been used for these reconstructions. Unusually, traces of organic materials such as the thread survived.
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000-000-099-770-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0036: Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
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National Museums Scotland TMT: DC02 |
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Reconstruction: 1998; Original objects: between 850 and 900
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Iron; Thread; Stone (pumice); Wood
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Archaeology / Death and Burial / Vikings
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Scotland, Sutherland, Durness, Balnakeil (original found here)
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| Description: |
These are reconstructions of some Viking grave goods associated with textiles and fishing. The originals were found in a boy's grave at Balnakeil near Durness in Sutherland. There are a pumice stone, pair of iron shears, iron needles and a wooden needle divider bound with thread, and an iron fishhook and thread.
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| References: |
- Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 140-2.
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