Summary of Contents, 



At Myklebostad, in the parish of Eid in Nordfjord, Mr. A. L. 

 Lorange in 1874 explored a large mound (no. 1) containing one 

 of the richest graves hitherto known from the Viking age in Norway. 

 A large part of the mound consisted of the burned remains of a 

 ship of which may be especially mentioned 44 bosses of shields used 

 to decorate the ship at the funeral. In the centre of the mound 

 was found a bronze bowl with enamel ornaments filled with burned 

 bones; above and around the bowl a number of weapons and imple- 

 ments had been placed in a compact heap; all the objects were 

 damaged by fire and some of them had been designedly bent and 

 fractured before being deposited in the grave. 



A short distance from this grave was located another mound, 

 larger than the first and built at the very edge of a little hill so 

 as to give it a conspicuous appearance when seen from the field 

 below (no. 2): eastwards from here were situated a low barrow 

 (no. 3) and a mound (no. 4). 



The situation of the mounds is seen from the sketch fig. 1. 



The mounds nos. 2 and 4 w^ere excavated in 1902 and 1903 

 at the expense of the Bergen Museum. 



The mound no. 2 contained four graves the location of which 

 is shown on the plan drawn in the plate, and some scant remains 

 of a fifth grave which seemed to have been somewhat disturbed 

 before the exploration. The graves may be briefly described as 

 follows : 



Grave I, a man's grave, with copious grave goods consisting 

 of weapons and implements. The grave contained the burned remains 

 of a boat about 7 m. long which had evidently been burned on the 

 spot. Over the burned bones of the person buried had been placed 



