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A ship grave older than the Vikings
Top image: Herlaugshaugen (in the center foreground) from the west, looking towards the strait and the mainland in the background. Source: Hanne Bryn / NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Antiquity Publications Ltd (CC BY-ND 4.0)

A ship grave older than the Vikings

Leka, Norway. around AD 700. Greece and Rome. Debated. Free

A whole wooden ship was not found.

Debated. Nails and bits of wood are read as a ship from before the Viking Age.

The mound is Herlaugshaugen, on the island of Leka, in Norway. The burial is dated to around AD 700. That is nearly a century before the usual start of the Viking Age. The mound is over 60 metres across and about 12.5 metres high. The dig found 29 iron rivets, and pieces of wood that may be elm or oak. From the nails, the ship is thought to be more than 20 metres long.

The old story of King Herlaug does not match this date. The page cannot name who was buried.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/herlaugshaugen-ship-burial-00102707