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
The Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery is a place of burial dated to the 6th century AD located on Snape Common, near to the town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, Eastern England. Dating to the early part of the Anglo-Saxon Era of English history, it contains a variety of different forms of burial, with inhumation and cremation burials being found in roughly equal proportions. The site is also known for the inclusion of a high status ship burial. A number of these burials were included within burial mounds.
Mound 4, one of the cemetery's six tumuli, as of 2012.
The A1094 road at the point where it bisects the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. On the right hand side is a series of pine trees shielding St Margaret's House from passing traffic.
Model of the ship burial at Aldeburgh Museum
Rivets from the Snape ship on exhibit at Aldeburgh Museum