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Viking haul 1000 years old

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Viking chief buried with his boat, axe, sword and spear on a remote Scottish peninsula - one of the most significant Norse finds ever uncovered in Britain.

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The 1.8 metre long grave is the first intact site of its kind to have been discovered on mainland Britain and is believed to be more than 1,000 years old.

Much of the wooden boat and the Viking bones have rotted away, but scraps of wood and hundreds of metal rivets that held the vessel together remain.


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