The Vikings, pt. 2 -- Into Distant Realms
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Vikings and the Shetland Islands
Vikings colonized islands in the north sea which had been first inhabited by Celtic peoples whether botanic or Gaelic Celts but were thinly populated and not known for wealth. A Viking boat burial has been found on the island of fetlar in the shetlands which was excavated by the archaeologists with the tv show time team in 2003. This suggests that the earlier inhabitants that were there before the arrival of Vikings were probably christian. There's also evidence of intermixing of the populations such as Norse chiefs in the orknees having sons and giving them Celtic names then from these early Viking raiders and colonizers moved on to the hebrides.
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