The Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man.
Ship burials
Stones marking the rough outline of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man, a double burial of a man and a woman. See also item <a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2783" target="_blank">#2783</a>
Judith Jesch
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The World-Tree Project
13.03.15.
Judith Jesch
(c) Judith Jesch. CC BY NC
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Probably late 9th century to ca. 950.
Isle of Man
Viking Age
Plaque at Balladoole, Isle of Man
Ship burials
Plaque marking the site of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole in the Isle of Man, which was a double burial of a man and a woman.<span>See also items </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2783" target="_blank">#2783</a> and <a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2804" target="_self">#2804</a>
Manx National Heritage
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The World-Tree Project
07.03.14.
Judith Jesch
(c) Judith Jesch. CC BY NC
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Probably late 9th century to ca. 950.
Isle of Man
Viking Age
Photo of the Balladoole Boat Burial on the Isle of Man
Ship burials
A Viking-Age ship burial from the late ninth century / early tenth century was excavated beneath this ship setting now marking out the site in Balladoole on the Isle of Man. It contained a rich burial of a high-status man and woman with a horse and grave goods. It was built directly above Christian graves of a similar date, and may represent an expression of the Norse settlers' control of a sacred landscape.
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Viking Age
Thing Sites: Discover the Viking Cradle of Democracy
Tourism
The Thing Project is a project dedicated to promoting tourism by engaging with the various thing sites in northern Europe.
The Old Norse word þing, meaning assembly, was used of a place where people met to make political decisions and decide law suits.
The site includes information about each of the thing sites and articles about the history of things. It also includes links to local tourist boards.
Thing Sites International Networking Group
Thing Sites International Networking Group
Thing Sites International Networking Group
28/07/2016
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https://www.facebook.com/thingsites/
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English
Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Icelandic
Faroese
Danish
German
French
Dansk
Nynorsk
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http://www.thingsites.com/
Iceland, Norway, Norge, Faroes, Orkney, Isle of Man, Scotland, Shetland
Photos of Peel Castle in the Isle of Man
Castle Carrock Reservoir (England)
Peel Castle in the Isle of Man was originally constructed by the Norse King Magnus Barefoot, who reigned in the eleventh century. It incorporated an earlier celtic round-tower into the defences. Several important Viking Age finds have been recovered from the grounds, including a tenth century female grave. The current walls mostly date from the 14th century.
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2016
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Medieval
Isle of Man
Map of Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, with several Norse place names
Map
Detail from a map in the Calf Sound Cafe & Visitor Centre, detailing several Norse names, including Kitterland, the Calf, and the Cletts, deriving from the Norse word klettr meaning 'rock'.
Calf Sound Cafe & Visitor Centre
Calf Sound Cafe & Visitor Centre
World-Tree Project
2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/463
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/462
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Isle of Man
Modern
Replica of the Calf of Man Crucifixion Stone
Monument
A cast of the Crucifixion Stone found on the Calf of Man in 1773 in he Sound Café & Visitor Centre. The original is held in the Manx Museum, Douglas. The stone has been dated to the Viking Age, most likely the 11th century. The portion of the stone that survives depicts the spear bearer beneath the cross, with Christ's foot just visible.
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The Sound Café & Visitor Centre, Isle of Man
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2016
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Isle of Man
Viking Age
Runic Commemorative Plaque in the Isle of Man, Depicting a Viking ship
Runes
This is a plaque outside the Sound Cafe overlooking the Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, commemorating the opening of the building by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The plaque depicts a Viking longship from one of the Maughold stone crosses, and the inscription is written in runes. It reads: Hail! Welcome Here You Who Have Come to the Hall. King Harald and Sonja His Queen Came from Norway to Mann and Opened this Hall. That Was 2002 Winters After Christ's Birth.
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World-Tree Project
2016
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Isle of Man
Modern
Legend of Baron Kitter in the Isle of Man
Legend
A legend about how Kitterland Island in the Calf Sound got its name, due to the drowning of the Norwegian Baron Kitter.
SOPHIA MORRISON
<div style="text-align: left;" align="center">SOPHIA MORRISON, Manx Fairy Tales</div>
<a href="http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1911/p105.htm" target="_blank">http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1911/p105.htm</a>
London: David Nutt, 1911
1911
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/458
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http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1911/p105.htm
Isle of Man
Modern
Kitterland Island in the Calf Sound
Site
Photo of Kitterland, a small island in the sound between the main Island of Man and the Calf of Man. The second element of the name probably derives from Norse eyland: the first element is unclear. There are several stories linking the island both with Celtic mythology, and with the Vikings, including the death of the Norwegian Baron Kitter. See <a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/459" target="_blank">Item #459</a> for this story.
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2016
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Isle of Man
The Calf of Man
Place name
The Calf of Man is an Island lying off the south coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from Old Norse kalfr, meaning both a calf and (as in this case) a small island lying off a larger one.
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2016
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Isle of Man
Manx Loghtan Lamb
Animals
The Manx Loghtan Sheep is a breed particular to the Isle of Man. It is very similar to the Gutefår (or Gotlandic sheep), the oldest breed in Scandinavia, and was probably introduced to Man by the Viking settlers.
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World-Tree Project
2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/453
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Modern
Manx Loghtan Sheep
Animals
The Manx Loghtan Sheep is a breed particular to the Isle of Man. It is very similar to the Gutefår (or Gotlandic sheep), the oldest breed in Scandinavia, and was probably introduced to Man by the Viking settlers.
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2016
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Isle of Man
Modern
Isle of Man Stamp Commemorating the Millennium of Tynwald
Stamps
A billboard featuring the commemorative Tynwald Millennium stamp, and picturing Vikings arriving in the Isle of Man.
EJC Design
Douglas Central Post Office
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2016
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/443
Isle of Man
Modern
Incinerator on the Isle of Man, designed to evoke a Viking ship
Architecture
An Incinerator at Richmond Hill, near Douglas, designed by architects Savage & Chadwick to reference the sails of Viking ships, and the Norse heritage of the Island.
<a class="external text" href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1417" rel="nofollow">Andy Radcliffe</a>
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23 March 2004
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Isle of Man
Viking Myths and Rituals on the Isle of Man (LMF 1)
Booklet
A booklet produced by PhD students working in the Isle of Man Team of the Languages, Myths and Finds Project.
Carolyne Larrington and Leszek Gardeła (editors) Aya van Renterghem, Heidi Stoner, Timothy J.S. Bourns and Leszek Gardeła (authors)
<a href="http://www.languagesmythsfinds.ac.uk" target="_blank">www.languagesmythsfinds.ac.uk</a>
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age, University of Nottingham
2014
Tom Birkett
(c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age,
University of Nottingham, 2014
Languages, Myths and Finds - 5 vols.
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English
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ISBN 9780853582977
Viking Age, Isle of Man, United Kingdom