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  • Viking burial ground dispels myth of longship marauders

    09/20/2004 11:11:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies · 801+ views
    The Guardian ^ | Tuesday September 7, 2004 | Lee Glendinning and Maev Kennedy
    The Vikings were buried within 10 metres (30ft) of each other. In the 1940s at Ingleby in Derbyshire a burial ground was found, but it held cremated ashes buried in earthenware pots, with few artefacts. The only other group of bodies found was a battlefield cemetery at nearby Repton. The Cumbria burials were completely different. These were clearly not the longship pirates of legend, but a settled, wealthy, peaceful community. Sir Neil added that the find provided rare evidence of Vikings as settlers who integrated into English life.