Boat / stem post

Description

Wooden stem post of oak, for a clinker-built boat of Viking type, from a bog at Laig, Isle of Eigg, 885 - 1035 AD

Museum reference

X.IN 4

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Boat / stem post

Date

885 - 1035

Materials

Oak

Physical description

Wood

Collection place(s)

Laig, Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The Viking World - Cultures in Contact (09 Sep 2014 - 04 Jan 2015)
  Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte

• VIKING (21 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Denmark

• Vikings: Life and Legend (06 Mar 2014 - 22 Jun 2014)
  British Museum

On display

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