Editing Ship burial (section)

=== Northern Europe ===

====Scandinavia====
* {{interlanguage link|Herlaugshaugen|no}} in [[Leka Municipality]], [[Norway]] – a {{convert|60|m|adj=on}} high tumulus, where (according to [[Snorri Sturluson]]) a certain King Herlaug was buried. The presumed ship burial is the earliest in Scandinavia, dated by [[dendrochronology]] to ca. 700 AD.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 November 2023 |title=Skandinavias eldste kjente skipsgrav er på Leka i Trøndelag |url=https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/skandinavias-eldste-kjente-skipsgrav-er-pa-leka-i-trondelag-1.16633376}}</ref>
* [[Ladby ship|Ladby]] – from [[Kerteminde]] on the island of [[Funen]], Denmark<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde |url=http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1246&no_cache=1&L=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172950/http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1246&no_cache=1&L=1 |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=Jun 20, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Gokstad ship|Gokstad]] – from [[Gokstadhaugen|Kongshaugen]], [[Vestfold]], Norway<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gokstadhaugen |url=https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17415 |access-date=Jun 20, 2020 |website=The Megalithic Portal}}</ref>
* [[Oseberg ship|Oseberg]] – from Oseberg farm near [[Tønsberg]] in [[Vestfold]], Norway<ref>[http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/osebergskipet.htm Osebergskipet – The Oseberg Ship, Norway] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211143348/http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/osebergskipet.htm|date=2007-02-11}}</ref>
* [[Tune ship|Tune]] – from  Haugen farm on [[Rolvsøy]] in [[Tune Municipality]], [[Østfold]], Norway<ref>[http://blog.norway.com/2009/10/27/the-viking-ships-will-stay-at-bygd%C3%B8y/ Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006190939/http://blog.norway.com/2009/10/27/the-viking-ships-will-stay-at-bygd%C3%B8y/|date=2011-10-06}}</ref>
* [[Gjellestad ship|Gjellestad]] – from the farm of the same name in [[Halden Municipality]], Norway; excavations ongoing as of June 2020.<ref>[https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-viking-age/why-archaeologists-call-for-an-immediate-gjellestad-viking-ship-dig/1687440 Science Norway]</ref>
[[File:CfL02219 013 museum no. C10384 Utgravning av Gokstadskipet (Gokstad ship excavation 1880. Kulturhistorisk museum UiO Oslo, Norway. License CC BY-SA 4.0).jpg|thumb|Excavation of the [[Gokstad ship|Gokstad]] Ship burial in Norway]]
The [[Gokstad ship|Gokstad]] Ship burial– from [[Gokstadhaugen|Kongshaugen]], [[Vestfold]], Norway, discovered in 1880, is the largest preserved Viking ships in Norway. The ship was found by archeologist [[Nicolay Nicolaysen]], who had discovered an unsanctioned archeological dig endeavor on Gokstad farm, which the two sons of the owner of the farm's owner were responsible for.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Deliyannis |first=Deborah |title=Fifty Early Medieval Things: Materials of Culture in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages |date=2019 |pages=205-206 |chapter=The Gokstad Ship,: Gokstad, Norway, ca. 900}}</ref> When Nicolaysen's team arrived at the site, they soon began a state-sponsored excavation. It only took two days for part of the boat's wooden structure to surface, revealing what would be one of the most remarkable Viking archeological discoveries ever made.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Urbanus |first=Jason |date=2014 |title=Revisiting the Gokstad |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43825231 |journal=Archaeology |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=34–38 |issn=0003-8113}}</ref>

The ship measures an astonishing 76 by 17.5 feet, with a mast, fittings for one large sail, and its outside embellished by altering black and yellow shields.<ref name=":0" /> Inside, a chieftain was found in a burial chamber within the ships mast, surrounded by a variety of spectacular group of objects placed with the intention of providing relaxation and enjoyment in his journey to the afterlife. Additionally, the archeologists discovered the remains of different animals buried within, such as horses, dogs, peacocks, and goshawks.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Urbanus |first=Jason |date=2014 |title=Revisiting the Gokstad |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43825231 |journal=Archaeology |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=34–38 |issn=0003-8113}}</ref> Dendrochronology suggests that the wood used for the ship was cut down in around 890. The ship is spacious, with a full deck across its interior, and is large enough for a crew of thirty to forty men.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Osebergschiff.jpg|thumb|Excavation of the [[Oseberg Ship]] burial mound in Norway]]Another well preserved viking ship, The [[Oseberg ship|Oseberg]] Ship– from Oseberg farm near [[Tønsberg]] in [[Vestfold]], Norway, was found in 1904 by [[Gabriel Gustafson]] .<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Sjøvold |first=Thorleif |date=1958 |title=A Royal Viking Burial |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/41663599 |journal=Archaeology |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=190–199 |issn=0003-8113}}</ref> The burial was covered with a 40 meter wide and more than 6 meter high mound of stone, clay and turf, and consisted of a 21.5 meter long ship with a tent-shaped, timber-built and 5.6 meter long burial chamber erected immediately aft of amidships.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Bill |first=Jan |title=Ambiguous Mobility in the Viking Age Ship Burial from Oseberg |date=2016}}</ref> The ship and grave goods are unusually well preserved because of the blue clay in which it was buried. 

In the early [[Middle Ages]], robbers broke into the mound and reached the burial chamber, leaving the grave disturbed by the time archeologists discovered it in 1904. However, most of the rich equipment was preserved and found in the forefront of the ship, including: three beds, two tents, a richly decorated cart, three sleighs and a work sled, and elegantly carved sleigh shafts.<ref name=":1" /> Additionally, the skeletons of at least 10 horses and an ox were found. The Oseberg Ship burial is one of the few ship burials for women, and the two individuals found were thought to have been 50 and 80 years old.<ref name=":2" />Some of the personal possessions of the women were also discovered, such as implements for textile work, chests, and four intricately carved animal heads.

====British Isles====
[[Image:Sutton Hoo ship-burial model.jpg|thumb|Model of the structure of the [[Sutton Hoo]] ship (c. 7th century AD) it might have appeared, with chamber area outlined]]
* [[Snape boat grave|Snape]] – Anglo-Saxon burial from Snape Common in [[Suffolk]]
* [[Sutton Hoo]]  – Anglo-Saxon burial site near [[Woodbridge, Suffolk]]
* [[Balladoole]] and [[Knock y Doonee]] – Viking burials in the [[Isle of Man]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/mnh/education/TeachersInfo/vikings%20in%20mann.pdf|title=Vikings on Mann|access-date=Jun 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331091027/http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/mnh/education/TeachersInfo/vikings%20in%20mann.pdf|archive-date=March 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial|Port an Eilean Mhòir]] – The only Viking ship burial yet discovered in mainland Britain, the mound was found in 2006 and excavated in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/viking-boat-burial-site-discovered-in-scottish-highlands |title=Viking boat burial site discovered in Scottish Highlands|date=19 October 2011|access-date=2011-10-19|publisher=Channel 4 News}}</ref> 
* The [[Scar boat burial]] – a Viking burial found on [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], one of the [[Orkney Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/scarboat/|title=Orkneyjar – The Scar Viking Boat Burial, Sanday|website=www.orkneyjar.com|access-date=Jun 20, 2020}}</ref>

====Baltic countries====
* [[Salme ships]] – from the island of [[Saaremaa]], [[Estonia]]