The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered
by archaeologists working in the Scottish Highlands. The 5m-long grave contained
the remains of a high status Viking, who was buried with an axe, a sword with a
beautifully decorated hilt, a spear, shield boss and bronze ring-pin.
The 1,000-year-old find, on the remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula, was made by the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project (ATP) which is a team led by experts from the Universities of Manchester, Leicester, CFA Archaeology Ltd and Archaeology Scotland
