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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
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