Welander, R., Batey, C. E. and Cowie, T. G. (1987). A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 117. Vol 117, pp. 149-174.

Title: A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
Issue: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 117
Series: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume: 117
Page Start/End: 149 - 174
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Abstract: A rich female grave found in 1979 contained two gilt-bronze oval brooches, forty-four glass beads, a bone comb, an iron knife, whetstone, bone needle case and needles, iron sickle, bronze ringed pin, bronze buckle and strap-end, iron rivet and textile fragments. Brooches and pin suggest a late 10th century date. AR
Author: Richard Welander
Colleen E Batey
Trevor G Cowie
Year of Publication: 1987
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FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Brooches Fortyfour Glass Beads (Auto Detected Subject)
Iron Rivet (Auto Detected Subject)
Pin (Auto Detected Subject)
Needles Iron Sickle Bronze Ringed Pin Bronze Buckle (Auto Detected Subject)
Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
GRAVE (Monument Type England)
Textile Fragments Brooches (Auto Detected Subject)
Iron Knife Whetstone Bone Needle (Auto Detected Subject)
Late 10th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Created Date: 05 Dec 2008