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+ | == Other Types == | ||
+ | ''Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler'' | ||
+ | {| | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Reading" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_reading.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Reading ]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Reading''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Pommel missing. Hilt and guard decorated in gripping beasts. | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [EAST nd:p.2] | ||
+ | :Comments- Rediscovered after 150 years after being considered lost. Made between c.750AD but probably buried just after 800AD. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Raven" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_raven.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Ravens Willow ]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type N | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] | ||
+ | :Comments- Later half of C9th | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="John" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_john.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=St John’s Kirk German]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type P? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25-26] | ||
+ | :Comments- fragment of sword with pommel and guard | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="John" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_john.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=St John’s Kirk German]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Lincolnshire, Canwich Common, Lincoln''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- Illegible script | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type Q? Pommel not of Q style | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.98-99] | ||
+ | :Comments- pommel not of Q form | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Tilehurst" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_tilehurst.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Tilehurst station]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Berkshire, Tilehurst station''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Reading Museum | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type Y | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Unknown Types == | ||
+ | ''Swords so far unidentified'' | ||
+ | {| | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Claughton" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_claughton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Claughton]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Lancs, Claughton Hall''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Now missing | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Witherslack" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_witherslack.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Witherslack]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Lancs, Witherslack''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.74] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Nottingham" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nottingham.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Nottingham''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- None | ||
+ | :Hilt- Only a pommel | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Thames" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_thames.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Thames]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Tullie House Museum, Carlisle | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Vauxhall1" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_vauxhall1.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- 3 lobed pommel | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Vauxhall2" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_vauxhall2.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Unknown | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.53] | ||
+ | :Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 20:56, 16 October 2012
Contents
Introduction
The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology.
Type I
Petersen Types M & Q. 850AD? to 1025AD
Cumbria, Rampside
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Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
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No Picture | Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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London
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
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London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Kew
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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Nottingham
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Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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London, River Thames, Windsor
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London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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Type VI Danish
Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?
Yorkshire, York, Camphill
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Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln
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Norfolk, Mileham
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London, River Thames, Staines
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London, River Thames, Shifford
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London, River Thames, Brentford
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London, River Thames, off the Temple
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London, River Thames, Kings Reach
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach
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Type VII
Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?
Petersen Type U, V
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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Cambs, River Nene
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Herts, River Lea, Hertford
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Herts, River Lea, Edmonton
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Petersen Type X
Cumbria, Workington, Lake District
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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York
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York
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Notts, Nottingham
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Notts, Fardon Church, Newark
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Type VIII
Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?
London, Battersea
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Type IX
Brazil Nut 1000AD to 1300AD?
Cawood |
Other Types
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
Reading
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Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh
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Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
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Lincolnshire, Canwich Common, Lincoln
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Berkshire, Tilehurst station
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Unknown Types
Swords so far unidentified
Lancs, Claughton Hall
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Lancs, Witherslack
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Nottingham
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London, River Thames
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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See Also
References
<nocite> ADAMS1974 BERSU1966 BJORN1940 DAVIDSON1962 LAKING1920 MARGESEN1997 OAKESHOTT1960 PEIRCE2002 ROESDAHL1981 THOMPSON2004 WATKIN1986 WILSON1965 WILSON2008 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>