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:Type- River find – 9th - 10th Century
:Find Date- 1857?
:Total Length- Complete. 81cm (broken)
:Blade- Approx. 22"
:Hilt- None
:Type- Grave find – 9th to early C10th. From a hoard which included a sword of Petersen type L. Hence the date line
:Find Date- 1912?
:Total Length- Complete. 71.3cm
:Blade- Approx. 24". Heavily corroded with only the back of the blade surviving. One one side 2 channels and a third groove inlaid with a chevroned strip of copper and copper alloy (bronze) wire parallel to edge. Wilson argues that the two empty channels probably once contained similar inlay. The more corroded reverse side way probably the same.
:Hilt- traces of wood survive on the possibly intact tang.
:Find Date- 1961 August. Dredged from the River Thames
:Total Length- 45.3cm x 3.9cm. The hilt end of the blade is missing. Evison suggests that the blade was probably another 6cm longer.
:Blade- FragmentaryFragment. It possibly would have been about 20". The spine is 7mm thick.
:Hilt- Missing
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [EVISON 1964]
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography-
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== Unknown ==
I have found the following 3 langseaxes refereed to online with people quoting 'The Metallography of Early Ferrous Edge Tools & Edged Weapons' by R.F. Tylecote & B.J.J.Gilmour. Unfortunately we do not have access to this book and so are unable to determine if they were originally decorated with inlay. <br>
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{|
|- valign="top" id="Kempsford"
|width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_kempsford.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kempsford]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, Gloustershire at Kempsford'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ? 9-10th Century
:Find Date- ?
:Total Length- Complete. 78cm x 4.2cm. The spine is 8mm thick.
:Hilt- ?
:Scabbard- ?
:Bibliography- [TYLECOTE and GILMOUR 1986]
|- valign="top" id="Reading"
|width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_reading.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Reading]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, Berkshire at Reading '''
:Current Location-
:Type- ?
:Find Date- ?
:Total Length- fragment
:Blade- fragment 2.8cm wide
:Hilt- Missing
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [TYLECOTE and GILMOUR 1986]
|- valign="top" id="Leyton"
|width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_layton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Leyton]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London at Leyton '''
:Current Location-
:Type- ? 9th Century
:Find Date-
:Total Length- fragment
:Blade- fragment 3.7cm wide. The spine is 8mm thick.
:Hilt- Missing
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [TYLECOTE and GILMOUR 1986]
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