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"In the final months of World War II, excavations were carried out on the Isle of Man, leading to
the uncovering of a boat grave in the vicinity of Balladoole, to the west of Castletown. The excavations were led by Gerhard Bersu, the chief director of the Roman-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt, who had fled from Germany during his period of internment. More than ten years later, D.M. Wilson presented the excavation results on the basis of Bersu's reports (Bersu/Wilson 1966). In this article, the burial offerings found in the grave are analysed with regard to provenance and date on the basis of the present state of research. The offerings comprise insular Celtic objects as well as foreign goods from the Continent. The grave thus documents contacts with both the Celtic West and the Carolingian Empire of the late ninth century / ca. 900. At the same time, the adherence to the custom of burial in a boat is indicative of close ties with Western Scandinavia." (author's abstract)

Once renowned as a place to dump criminals, and with a past steeped in smuggling, the Isle of Wight provides copious tales of corruption, violence and delinquency. From the customs officer who had both his hands severed by smugglers, to Bembridge witch Molly Downer who embarrassed the vicar by making him her heir, this book contains a vast array of misdeeds and miscreants. Featuring criminals such as Michael Morey, who butchered his grandson, and thirteen-year-old John Leigh, who strangled his father and, caught in the act by his sister, threw her from a window, Isle of Wight Villains details