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Viking sites in United Kingdom
56 recorded Viking-age sites in United Kingdom, drawn from national heritage registers and community contributions.
The British Isles felt the Viking Age from the raid on Lindisfarne in 793 to the Danelaw and the Norse earldoms of Orkney and Shetland. Named sites here include Lindisfarne, Jarlshof, Repton and the great silver hoards of the north.
The most common kinds of site here are other sites, grave fields and hillforts.
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Regions
- Orkney Islands, Scotland3 sites
- North Yorkshire, England2 sites
- Orkney Islands2 sites
- Highland1 site
- East Midlands1 site
- Lincolnshire, England1 site
- Orkney, Scotland1 site
- North Yorkshire1 site
- Shetland1 site
- Highland (Scotland)1 site
- Dorset, South West England1 site
- Dumfries and Galloway1 site
- Argyll and Bute1 site
- Northumberland1 site
- England1 site
- Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar), Scotland1 site
- Cumbria, England1 site
- Shetland, Scotland1 site
- Derbyshire, England1 site
- Orkney1 site
- Nottinghamshire, England1 site
- Lancashire, England1 site
Notable sites
The best-known and most distinctive places in this area.
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Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial
Viking Age · Ardnamurchan, Highland (Scotland), GB→
Ship burialVerified
Scar boat burial
Viking Age · Sanday, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, GB→
HoardVerified
Bedale Hoard
Viking Age · Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, GB→
HoardVerified
Cuerdale Hoard
Viking Age · South Ribble (Cuerdale, near Preston), Lancashire, England, GB→
HoardVerified
Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard
Viking Age · Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar), Scotland, GB→
HoardVerified
Galloway Hoard
Viking Age · Balmaghie, near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, GB→
HoardVerified
Silverdale Hoard
Viking Age · Silverdale, Lancashire, England, GB→
HoardVerified
Vale of York Hoard
Viking Age · Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GB→
Grave fieldVerified
Furness Abbey
Viking Age · GB→
HillfortVerified
Gosforth Cross
Viking Age · Gosforth, Cumbria, England, GB→
Grave fieldVerified
Iona
Viking Age · GB→
Grave fieldVerified
Iona Abbey
Viking Age · Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, GB→