Burial in Woodstown (middlethird By., Killoteran Par.)

The burial of a Viking warrior was excavated outside the defences of enclosure (WA009-019----) at N. It consisted of a pit (dims. 1.5m x 0.85m; D 0.2m) which contained no human remains. However, it did contain arms and armour, including a sword, a spear-head and ferule, a small blade, a probable sword pommel, a broken iron axe, a battle-axe, and the iron boss of a shield. (O'Brien et al. 2005, 35; Russell and Harrison 2011, 66-7) O'Brien, R., Quinney, P. and Russell, I. (2005) 'Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Excavation and Finds Retrieval Strategy of the Hiberno-Scandinavian Site of Woodstown 6, County Waterford'. Decies No. 61, 13-122. Russell, I. and S. H. Harrison (2011) Woodstown 6, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 1, 53-72. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2010

Viking warrior burial, 9th–11th century AD, containing weapons but no human remains. This find is significant as it provides evidence of Viking presence and burial practices in the region.