Some possible Scandinavian burials in a 'Late Saxon' cemetery at Ketton, Rutland—new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/08/scandinavian-burials-ketton.html …pic.twitter.com/0jcLKwABNl
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A brief report on the L9th-11thC cemetery+settlement excavated at Ketton, Rutland: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1164-1/dissemination/pdf/Annual_Reports_1986-2007/Annual_Report_13_1998.pdf … (pp.46-7)pic.twitter.com/8GdYcfhM4P
Fwiw, Wicheley Heath, just to E of Ketton=another interesting name, deriving from the Anglo-Saxon group-name Hwiccehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/716352382620319744 …
Are place-name derivations this interesting/rich in continental European countries?
Oh, I think so, but tend to be a lot less well-known in Britain, obviously!
Always fascinating. Is there enough evidence to form ideas of where the 'Danes',of the Danelaw, predominately originate from?
Not enough isotopic evidence as of yet, alas; some look like Denmark, others Norway, 1 of E11thC at Weymouth=poss Greenland?!
Thank you,as always. This is all hugely important to our history. Thank you for your continued teachings!
My pleasure, & thank you for your kind comments :)
I'm not far from a village which just falls into Derbyshire called 'south normanton'
Ah, similar etymology! :) http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Normanton …
The name Viking loosely applied perhaps.
It's an interesting question; the person buried here looks like grew up in ?Norway, but died a manorial worker in Rutland?
this we expected
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