The site in Colonsay continues to fascinate experts 140 years after it was first excavated.
BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter
What they uncovered on the coastal meadow, called machair, at Kiloran Bay in Colonsay remains Scotland's single richest burial site of a Viking man found so far. A boat had been placed over the top of the man's grave chamber and buried next to it was his horse, which had been sacrificed. There was also possible evidence of a human sacrifice having taken place.
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