"Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first' " BBC

[charlou]

This is very

Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first'



The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the west Highlands, archaeologists have said.

The site, at Ardnamurchan, is thought to be more than 1,000 years old.

Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggest he was a high-ranking warrior.

Archaeologist Dr Hannah Cobb said the "artefacts and preservation make this one of the most important Norse graves ever excavated in Britain".

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Needs to take better care of his weapons.

[Svartalf]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

Or the Orknbrides.

[Feck]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

No they infested most of Scotland and northern England made a right nuisance of themselves ,once you bought a jar of pickled Herring off them you could never be rid of them they'd be back Pestering you until you gave in and bought a Sauna.....

[Svartalf]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

Or the Orknbrides.

Ork brides are too ugly to even contemplate.

[Svartalf]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

No they infested most of Scotland and northern England made a right nuisance of themselves ,once you bought a jar of pickled Herring off them you could never be rid of them they'd be back Pestering you until you gave in and bought a Sauna.....

But the isles is where they had the most and longest presence, since they tended to assimilate into the main pop when settling on the mainland.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

Or the Orknbrides.

Ork brides are too ugly to even contemplate.

"It's the beards."

[Feck]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

No they infested most of Scotland and northern England made a right nuisance of themselves ,once you bought a jar of pickled Herring off them you could never be rid of them they'd be back Pestering you until you gave in and bought a Sauna.....

But the isles is where they had the most and longest presence, since they tended to assimilate into the main pop when settling on the mainland.

Have you been to York a Viking CITY FFS .

[Clinton Huxley]

Big Viking town just down the road from me - Ormskirk aka The Kirk Of Orm.

[Bella Fortuna]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

Or the Orknbrides.

Seven brides for seven Orks?

[Svartalf]

Interesting, I'd have bet such a find would only have happened in the Orkneys or Hebrides.

No they infested most of Scotland and northern England made a right nuisance of themselves ,once you bought a jar of pickled Herring off them you could never be rid of them they'd be back Pestering you until you gave in and bought a Sauna.....

But the isles is where they had the most and longest presence, since they tended to assimilate into the main pop when settling on the mainland.

Have you been to York a Viking CITY FFS .

How long did it take for it to turn from a Danelaw to an English city?
Norsemen settled in Scotland and Ireland became assimilated into the Celtic population in pretty short order, even becoming "more Irish than the Irish"... I assume the assimilation would have been even easier among Germanic speaking folk.

[charlou]

They contributed much to the language, too, didn't they?

[Svartalf]

Some specialized vocabulary and place names. but they left virtually no trace in English grammar, and the vocabulary really is stuff that Anglo Saxon/Old English didn't have.

[charlou]

I thought they introduced the germanic aspect to the language?