Overview
Islay, Ballinaby 3 is recorded as Inhumation (viking), Long Cist (viking), Axehead (iron)(viking), Buckle (viking), Shield (viking), Sword (viking) in Scotland Argyll And Bute. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Islay, Ballinaby 3 as Inhumation (viking), Long Cist (viking), Axehead (iron)(viking), Buckle (viking), Shield (viking), Sword (viking). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Who made it and when
The saved record identifies Islay, Ballinaby 3 as Inhumation (viking), Long Cist (viking), Axehead (iron)(viking), Buckle (viking), Shield (viking), Sword (viking). It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.
How it was made and used
Its classification points to burial or commemoration. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.
What was found
No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.
What remains
The public record still maps Islay, Ballinaby 3 as Inhumation (viking), Long Cist (viking), Axehead (iron)(viking), Buckle (viking), Shield (viking), Sword (viking). The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.
Why it mattered
The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with inhumation (viking), long cist (viking), axehead (iron)(viking), buckle (viking), shield (viking), sword (viking). Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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