Viking Burial Discovered in Scotland

[Woodsheal]

http://news.yahoo.com/intact-viking-...110002180.html

[Cygnus]

Awesome!

Thanks for sharing - I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of the actual artifacts.

[tulloch]

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

[mookien]

Brian: Interesting article. Thanks for the pointer.

I wish they had included more information on the artifacts, and pictures.

John

[piperchris]

Thank you for posting this! As a half Danish man this is really great!!!

[Grizzly]

The thing that makes this an important discovery is the fact that it is on the mainland. There have been Viking ship burials found in the Orkneys but never one on the NW coast of the mainland.
Will be interesting to follow this through and see what the finds tell us. There are of course other ship burials that have been found in the UK probably the most famous of these was the discovery at Sutton Hoo which is a fascinating day out and well worth a visit.

[ohiopiper]

Them vikings sure got around, didn't they? Every so often we have to re-write our history books when we discover "Oops, the vikings were here first".

[figheadair]

Saw a brief overview of some of the artefacts on the local news. There's certainly a sword (very corroded) and parts of a shield. Time will tell a lot no doubt.

[CopperNGold]

I read about this earlier today. Great find. I wonder what else they'll 'dig' up. Looking forward to seeing photos of the ship and artifacts.

Jocelyn

[figheadair]

I read about this earlier today. Great find. I wonder what else they'll 'dig' up. Looking forward to seeing photos of the ship and artifacts.

Jocelyn

No ship left just the nails that outline the shape. That's quite common with these types of burials - the wood rots out and leaves the iron.