Islay, Ballinaby 5
Burial (Viking)(Possible), Sword (Viking)
Site Name Islay, Ballinaby 5
Classification Burial (Viking)(Possible), Sword (Viking)
Canmore ID 37395
Site Number NR26NW 22
NGR NR 21 67
NGR Description NR c. 21 67
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37395
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchoman
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (June 1980)
NR26NW 22 c. 21 67.
(Ballinaby 5, Islay). A sword of Viking type from Islay, which is illustrated by Pennant, who visited Ballinaby in 1772, may have come from a burial there. (For other Viking burials from Ballinaby, see NR26NW 4.00)
T Pennant 1776; RCAHMS 1984.