Islay, Ballinaby 2
Inhumation (Viking), Adze (Viking), Ladle (Bronze)(Viking), Mount(S) (Bronze)(Viking), Spearhead (Iron)(Viking), Sword (Viking)
Site Name Islay, Ballinaby 2
Classification Inhumation (Viking), Adze (Viking), Ladle (Bronze)(Viking), Mount(S) (Bronze)(Viking), Spearhead (Iron)(Viking), Sword (Viking)
Canmore ID 37408
Site Number NR26NW 4.01
NGR NR 218 671
NGR Description NR c. 218 671
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37408
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchoman
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (June 1980)
NR26NW 4.01 c.218 671. In 1877 erosion of the sand-dunes about 400m W of Ballinaby (NR c.218 671) revealed two burials accompanied by rich grave-goods. Two skeletons lay a short distance apart with their heads to the E, at a depth of 0.4m, in an enclosure formed of stones set on edge, possibly resembling that at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay (RCAHMS 1984). One was accompanied by a sword and scabbard, a shield-boss and grip, an iron spearhead, a ferrule containing the remains of a wooden shaft, two axes, an adze, a hammer and tongs for smithing, as well as fragments of a cauldron and what may have been the terminal of a drinking-horn.
The other burial was accompanied by a silver pin with a filigree decorated head, a chain of silver wire, two oval brooches, a bronze ladle, bronze mounts decorated with repousse ornament, a mount with a curved edge, a bronze needle-case containing a needle, a glass linen-smoother and beads. Some teeth from an iron heckle were originally thought to be part of the helmet and are recorded as associated with the male grave.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1980
(Name Book 1878, 33, 105; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1878 (Donations), 600; J Anderson 1880, 51-69; IML 125-56)
