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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. | | | Description | The boat-shaped cairn/mound at Chapel Hill, Balladoole, was the grave of a Viking chieftain. Here the bones of a horse and other animals were also found. They may have been sacrificial gifts to the Norse gods. The cairn may date from the 8th-9th century CE. |
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