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In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway. <br> | In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway. <br> | ||
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|[[File:sword_repton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Repton]] | |[[File:sword_repton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Repton]] | ||
− | |'''Derbyshire, Repton'' | + | |'''Derbyshire, Repton''' |
:Current Location- Derby Museum | :Current Location- Derby Museum | ||
:Type- Grave find c.873AD | :Type- Grave find c.873AD | ||
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:Scabbard- made from two lengths of wood, lined with hairy skin. Outside covered in leather. | :Scabbard- made from two lengths of wood, lined with hairy skin. Outside covered in leather. | ||
:Bibliography- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE (1992):p.49] | :Bibliography- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE (1992):p.49] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | |- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | ||
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:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | ||
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− | |'''Lincolnshire, | + | === Similar Types P, Y & AE === |
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Strathspey" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. L.A. 1 | ||
+ | :Type- Unknown. Found in an excavation of a railway cutting. | ||
+ | :Find Date- Before 1864. | ||
+ | :Total Length- 88cm (Complete) | ||
+ | :Blade- Double edged. Length 77cm (complete), width 5cm. Probably pattern welded. | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type P. Both cross-pieces are decorated with untwisted silver and copper wires. | ||
+ | :Scabbard- None | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.159] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Kirk" | ||
+ | |No Picture | ||
+ | |'''Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Manx Museum | ||
+ | :Type- Found in a field near a burial. | ||
+ | :Find Date- Unknown | ||
+ | :Total Length- (fragmentary) | ||
+ | :Blade- no information | ||
+ | :Hilt- Probably Petersen type P. Traces of silver ornament on pommel and guard. | ||
+ | :Scabbard- None | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25-26] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Tilehurst" | ||
+ | |No Picture | ||
+ | |'''Berkshire, Tilehurst station''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Reading Museum | ||
+ | :Type- Unknown, found during road widening. C10th | ||
+ | :Find Date- Sept. 1917. | ||
+ | :Total Length- 23” (part of blade missing) | ||
+ | :Blade- Double edged – cap and upper guard are not separate. | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type Y | ||
+ | :Scabbard- None | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Canwick" | ||
+ | |[[File:near_canwich.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Canwick]] | ||
+ | |'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln''' | ||
:Current Location- British Museum | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
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:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99] | ||
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== Type III Danish == | == Type III Danish == |
Revision as of 21:00, 1 November 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, P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.
850AD? to 1025AD
In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway.
Types M & Q
Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard
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No Picture | Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard
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No Picture | 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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Derbyshire, Repton
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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Similar Types P, Y & AE
Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey
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No Picture | Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
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No Picture | Berkshire, Tilehurst station
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Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Mortlake
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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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London, Fetter Lane
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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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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>