A fragment of a Viking sword consisting of the hilt and part of the blade was dug up in 1824 from a depth of approximately 2 metres deep in gravel in the village of Ballaugh.  The findspot is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The sword was badly corroded, the blade broken and defective. It is kept at the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh (Reg. No. LB 5). An iron spear-head (0429.20) was also found in association with the sword, and it is probable that the deposit represents a burial in a low barrow. The spearhead cannot now be traced.