A Viking spearhead, thought to indicate a furnished Viking Age burial, was  'found when digging a grave in Michael Churchyard, April '95' (ie 1895), according to a label once attached to it.  Shetelig gives the date as April 1885. The precise location of the grave is not known and the grid reference provided marks the approximate centre of the graveyard. 


The slender iron socketed spear-head belongs to Jan Petersen type K.  Its surface is much damaged and the base of the socket, edges and point of the blade are all missing. The artefact forms part of the national collections and bears the accession number 1954-3743.