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Ballateare Viking Burial Human Remains

Date made: Viking

Description: The only traces of the Viking buried in the coffin that survive are a few fragments of some teeth. These indicate that he was between 18 and 30 years old when he died. It appeared that the body was buried with the head to the west and feet to the east.

Materials: teeth

Date found: 1946

Object name: coffin; human remains

Collection: Archaeology Collection

ID number: 1966-0373/12

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