Viking grave of Lilleberge
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The Viking grave of Lille mountains (also ship grave called Lille mountains) is a Viking Age grave Fund, which in the late 19th century in Lille mountains in Namdalen in which Fylke Nord-Trøndelag in Norway was made.
In 1886 the British archaeologist Alfred Heneage Cocks excavated a 40 meter long burial mound near Lilleberge . The mound contained a boat about 10 meters long. Cocks brought the finds to England and sold them to the British Museum in 1891 . The Lilleberge finds are a collection of Viking jewelry and other artifacts that belonged to a local female person. The finds include a spindle whorl , a necklace made of colored glass beads, a pair of oval brooches made of a copper alloy, a round gold-plated Celtic brooch, an iron pot stand, rivets from the Viking boat and remains of the deceased. The most important object is an almost intact plaque made of whale bones .
literature
- James Graham-Campbell: Viking Artefacts: A Select Catalog , (London, British Museum Press, 1980)
- James Graham-Campbell: Viking Art , Thames & Hudson, 2013
Coordinates: 64 ° 27 '43 " N , 12 ° 5' 46" E