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Víkingaaldargrøv í Tjørnuvík
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The grave is surrounded by a rectangular stone frame, about 150X50 cm.
The bottom of the grave is situated 8.50—8.70 m above the level of
the sea.
Contents of the grave: 1) Much crumbled remains of bones: cranium
(Fig. 5), right femur, fragments of left femur, right tibia, one of the
fibulas, and fragments of bones of the foot. — The skeletal remains
have belonged to a woman 155 cm high. The set of teeth complete,
apart from 8 +. The teeth are sound, with much wear and tear of
the masticating surfaces. — The body was placed with head directed
ENE, resting on left side. — 2) A ringsheaded pin of bronze, with
appendant pieces of cloth (Fig. 6). To the bottom bend of the ring a
thread is fixed (Fig. 8). The ring+eaded pin is of scottish»celtic type
and the buriabfind is dated to lOth century.
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