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- Iron-production sites21,518 sites
- Grave fields18,739 sites
- Stray finds7,698 sites
- Other sites3,626 sites
- Runestones2,903 sites
- Settlements2,283 sites
- Hillforts1,383 sites
- Hoards698 sites
- Graves695 sites
- Activity areas650 sites
- Burial mounds463 sites
- Trading places378 sites
- Burial cairns300 sites
- Standing stones150 sites
- Church sites145 sites
- Boathouses112 sites
- Stone settings76 sites
- Boat finds47 sites
- Battlefields11 sites
- Ship burials9 sites
Notable sites
The best-known and most distinctive places in this area.
Ship burialVerified
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→
Ship burialVerified
Balladoole
Viking Age · Arbory, Isle of Man, IM→
HoardVerified
Bedale Hoard
Viking Age · Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, GB→
HoardVerified
Cuerdale Hoard
Viking Age · South Ribble (Cuerdale, near Preston), Lancashire, England, GB→
RunestoneCommunity
Dighton Rock
Viking Age · US→
HoardVerified
Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard
Viking Age · Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar), Scotland, GB→
Ship burialVerified
Gjellestad ship burial
Viking Age · Halden, Østfold, NO→
Ship burialVerified
Gokstad Ship Burial
Viking Age · Sandefjord, Vestfold, NO→