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|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ecclefechan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ecclefechan]] | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ecclefechan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ecclefechan]] | ||
|width="600pt"|'''Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire''' | |width="600pt"|'''Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh I.L. 340 |
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find date- 1913 | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
− | :Hilt- Petersen type L | + | :Hilt- Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a) |
− | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35] | + | :Scabbard- |
− | : | + | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35] [GRIEG 1940:p.13,16] |
|- valign="top" id="Hurbuck" | |- valign="top" id="Hurbuck" | ||
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|'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | |'''Hurbuck, Durham''' | ||
:Current Location- British Museum | :Current Location- British Museum | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find date- | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Scabbard- | ||
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PEIRCE 2002:p.76] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PEIRCE 2002:p.76] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Gilling" | |- valign="top" id="Gilling" | ||
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|'''Yorkshire, Gilling West''' | |'''Yorkshire, Gilling West''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find date- | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Scabbard- | ||
:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99] | :Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Ingleton" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_ingleton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ingleton]] | ||
+ | |'''Yorkshire, Ingleton, Scales Moor''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum BM 1944,0301.1 | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find date- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Scabbard- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.165-166 no.65] | ||
|- valign="top" id="Wensley" | |- valign="top" id="Wensley" | ||
|[[File:sword_wensley.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensley]] | |[[File:sword_wensley.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensley]] | ||
|'''Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard''' | |'''Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- British Museum: 1965,0703.1 | ||
+ | :Type- Burial | ||
+ | :Find date- | ||
+ | :Total length- 81.5cm (tip of blade missing) | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Scabbard- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54 pl.XI no.71] [WILSON 1965: no.9] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84960&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Acomb" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_acomb.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Acomb]] | ||
+ | |'''Yorkshire, Acomb''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
− | :Bibliography- [ | + | :Bibliography- [YOUNG 1984][ROGERS 1993:p.1431] |
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|- valign="top" id="Bedale" | |- valign="top" id="Bedale" | ||
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:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Coppergate" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_coppergate.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Coppergate]] | ||
+ | |'''Yorkshire, York, Coppergate''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [OTTAWAY 1992:p.3943] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Fishergate1" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_fishergate1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate1]] | ||
+ | |'''Yorkshire, York, Fishergate''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- None | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the pommel survives. | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Fishergate2" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_fishergate2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate2]] | ||
+ | |'''Yorkshire, York, Fishergate''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- None | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the Cross guard survives. | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432] | ||
+ | |||
|- valign="top" id="Ballaugh" | |- valign="top" id="Ballaugh" | ||
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:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] | ||
:Comments- Wheeler identifies this sword as probably being this type but states that the sword is damaged. | :Comments- Wheeler identifies this sword as probably being this type but states that the sword is damaged. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Repton_L" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_repton_L.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]] | ||
+ | |'''Repton''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Type- found in the midst of a large collection of human bones | ||
+ | :Find date- 1839 | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BIGSBY 1854:p.251-252] [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE 1992:p.39-40] | ||
+ | :Comments- Was not recognised as Viking until the 1980’s. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Fiskerton" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_fiskerton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fiskerton]] | ||
+ | |'''River Witham, Fiskerton''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Sheffield City Museum J. 1954.3 | ||
+ | :Type- River find | ||
+ | :Find date- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p.54 & pl.X no.66] [WILSON 1965:p.34 no.2 (no.7)] | ||
|- valign="top" id="Hauxton" | |- valign="top" id="Hauxton" | ||
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|'''Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich''' | |'''Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich''' | ||
:Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12) | :Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12) | ||
+ | :Type- | ||
+ | :Find date- presented to the BM in 1854 | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
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:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
− | :Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.3] | + | :Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.3] |
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|- valign="top" id="Santon" | |- valign="top" id="Santon" | ||
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|'''Norfolk, Santon Downham''' | |'''Norfolk, Santon Downham''' | ||
:Current Location- | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Total length- 79.5cm | ||
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type L | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
− | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,13] | + | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,13] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191][http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=93593&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum] |
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|- valign="top" id="Kersey" | |- valign="top" id="Kersey" | ||
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:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)] | ||
:Comments- | :Comments- | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Windsor" | |- valign="top" id="Windsor" |
Revision as of 19:20, 23 December 2012
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 & Q. Rygh 489 & 493.
850AD? to 1025AD
In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway.
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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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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Scotland, Orkney, Scar
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Scotland, Rousay, Sweindrow
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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No Picture | England, Ingleby
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Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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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
Petersen Type K
Scotland, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan
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York Coppergate
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No Picture | Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, Fetter Lane
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Petersen Type O
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Isle of Man,
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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, Ingleton, Scales Moor
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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Yorkshire, Acomb
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Yorkshire, Bedale
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Yorkshire, York, Coppergate
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Yorkshire, York, Fishergate
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Yorkshire, York, Fishergate
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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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Repton
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River Witham, Fiskerton
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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, Farndon 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
Type X
1050AD to 1300AD?
Lancs, Claughton Hall
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Unique Swords and those of other styles
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
Cawood | |
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
Scotland, Sandy
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Swords still awaiting classification
Swords so far unidentified by the authors
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
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