Viking Graveyard, Govan, Glasgow Scotland. 

Come along and enjoy a Video Tour of the Oldest Viking Artifacts in Scotland!
The Govan Stones are an internationally-important museum collection of early medieval carved stones displayed at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow, Scotland.
The stones have been dated back to the 9th-11th centuries when the Vikings raided the Clyde region and the territories beyond.
The stones are thought to have been created to commemorate the power and wealth of the rulers of the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde.
The remaining carved stones are the Govan Sarcophagus, five hogback stones (of a type originating in Anglo-Scandinavian Yorkshire), four standing crosses and twenty-one recumbents.
The centrepiece of the collection is the Govan Sarcophagus, which is thought to commemorate St. Constantine, the son of Pictish king Kenneth MacAlpin. It features carvings of a Pictish-style stag hunting scene and various stylised animals. Carved from solid sandstone, the sarcophagus is the only one of its kind from pre-Norman, Northern Britain.
I had fun this weekend with the archaeological dig in the ancient graveyard while gaining much insight and freedom to explore the museum where the Viking Stones are held The Govan Stones Project.
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