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/* Nottingham, Nottinghamshire */
:Find date- 1851
:Bodies- Possibly burial of 2 Male warriors. 2 skulls and other human remains
:Dated to- ?Graham-Campbell quotes Hall's proposed post 918AD date based on the 2 swords.
:Grave goods- (British Museum Tr. 158)
::*[[Swords found in Britain#NottinghamX|Sword of Petersen type X]] length 36", width (blade) 2.25", Gripe has traces of wood.
::*[[Swords found in Britain#Nottingham_Pommel|Sword pommel]] type Y [EVISON 1967]
::*Spearhead of Petersen type C - D. Afixed with a brass pin
:Discussion- Evison has confirmed the sword as a later type Y and not a type L as it appears in the picture [EVISON 1967]. Graham-Campbell notes that there is no evidence that the two swords were actually found with the spear [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001:p.106]. This would explain the possible discrepancy of the sword's later C10th / C11th topological dating to the spears earlier C9th traditional dating. I would suggest that the cut off date for the Petersen type C-D spearhead is too early and that Ottonian manuscripts dating to the early C11th still show this type of spear in use. This would help support a C10th century date for the two graves.
:Publications- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.15] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2001]
::*Archaeological Journal, 1851, vol 8, pp 424-5 [http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/documents/30nottas_000.pdf (Available Online)]
