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== Introduction == | == 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. | + | The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology. Low quality images have been included to assist with identification and it is not the authors intention to infringe any copyrights by doing so. |
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+ | The sword in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword from Ireland. The swords listed here were not all made in Britain, many of them being made in Scandinavia or main land Europe. In the same way it is not a list of sword possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe. | ||
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[[File:Wheeler_Swords.jpg|thumb|center|600x150px|alt=Sword Typology|Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology]] | [[File:Wheeler_Swords.jpg|thumb|center|600x150px|alt=Sword Typology|Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology]] | ||
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[[File:sword_map.jpg|thumb|right|200x300px|alt=Sword Map|Viking Age swords found in Britain]] | [[File:sword_map.jpg|thumb|right|200x300px|alt=Sword Map|Viking Age swords found in Britain]] | ||
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== Type I == | == Type I == | ||
''Petersen types M, P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.'' <br> | ''Petersen types M, P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.'' <br> | ||
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|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]] | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]] | ||
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:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | ||
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== Type II Norwegian == | == Type II Norwegian == | ||
''Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD'' | ''Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD'' | ||
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== Type III Danish == | == Type III Danish == | ||
''Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?'' | ''Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?'' | ||
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== Type IV Frankish == | == Type IV Frankish == | ||
''Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD '' | ''Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD '' | ||
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== Type V English == | == Type V English == | ||
''Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD'' | ''Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD'' | ||
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== Type VI Danish == | == Type VI Danish == | ||
''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' | ''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' | ||
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== Type VII == | == Type VII == | ||
''Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? '' | ''Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? '' | ||
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=== Petersen Type X === | === Petersen Type X === | ||
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== Type VIII == | == Type VIII == | ||
''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? '' | ''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? '' | ||
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− | |- valign="top" id=" | + | |- valign="top" id="ouse " |
− | |width="100pt"|[[File: | + | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ouse.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Ouse ]] |
− | |width="600pt"| | + | |width="600pt"|Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse''' |
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
− | :Blade- | + | :Find type- River find. 950-1000AD |
− | :Hilt- | + | :Total length- |
− | :Bibliography- | + | :Blade- 77.5cm (30½"). Engraved on one side with ‘CONSTAININUS’ and on the other with ‘+INOMINEDOMINI’ |
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+ | :Scabbard- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.35] | ||
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== Type IX == | == Type IX == | ||
− | '' | + | ''1000AD to 1300AD? '' |
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+ | No known swords from Britain | ||
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+ | == Unique Swords and those of other styles == | ||
+ | ''Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler'' | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Cawood" | |- valign="top" id="Cawood" | ||
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:Comments- | :Comments- | ||
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+ | |[[File:near_canwich.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Canwick]] | ||
+ | |'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find Date- Unknown | ||
+ | :Total Length- (Complete) | ||
+ | :Blade- Illegible script of silver inlay | ||
+ | :Hilt- Guard of Petersen type Q but pommel different. | ||
+ | :Scabbard- none | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Reading" | |- valign="top" id="Reading" | ||
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_reading.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Reading ]] | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_reading.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Reading ]] | ||
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:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] | ||
:Comments- Later half of C9th | :Comments- Later half of C9th | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Battersea " | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_battersea.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Battersea ]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''London, Battersea ''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel | ||
+ | :Bibliography- DAVIDSON 1962:p.57] [WISON 1965:p32-33 no.1] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
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+ | == Swords that cannot be classified == | ||
+ | ''Swords that are too decayed to identify'' | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="sandy" | ||
+ | |[[File:near_sandy.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Sandy]] | ||
+ | |'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find Date- | ||
+ | :Total Length- | ||
+ | :Blade- Double edged. | ||
+ | :Hilt- Part of guard is preserved. The pommel and upper guard are missing. May have been the same as Petersen fig.87 but not enough survives to possitivly classify the sword. | ||
+ | :Scabbard- none | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.88] | ||
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== Unknown Types == | == Unknown Types == |
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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. Low quality images have been included to assist with identification and it is not the authors intention to infringe any copyrights by doing so.
The sword in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword from Ireland. The swords listed here were not all made in Britain, many of them being made in Scandinavia or main land Europe. In the same way it is not a list of sword possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.
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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Related 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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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Scotland, Bute
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Scotland, Islay
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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?
Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse
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Type IX
1000AD to 1300AD?
No known swords from Britain
Unique Swords and those of other styles
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
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Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln
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Reading
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Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh
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London, Battersea
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Swords that cannot be classified
Swords that are too decayed to identify
Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln
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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>