Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial
The Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial is a Viking boat burial site in Ardnamurchan, Scotland, the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain. Dated to the 10th century, the burial consists of a Viking boat about 5 metres long by 1.5 metres (5 ft) wide in which a man was laid to rest with his shield, sword and spear as well as other grave goods.
The Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial site
A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. This style of burial was practiced by various seafaring cultures in Asia and Europe. Notable ship burial practices include those by the Germanic peoples, particularly by Viking Age Norsemen, as well as the pre-colonial ship burials described in the Boxer Codex in the Philippines.
Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway
Planks from one of the Butuan boats (c. 320 to 1250 AD) from the Philippines
Model of the structure of the Sutton Hoo ship (c. 7th century AD) it might have appeared, with chamber area outlined