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Swords of Type II found in Britain

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== Wheeler II, Petersen B, C & H==
'''Norwegian 750AD to 960AD'' <br>
[[File:sword_type_h.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>

{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Bute"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_bute.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bute]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Bute'''
:Current Location- Bute Natural Museum
:Type- Unknown
:Find date- before 1911
:Total length- 17.3cm (blade and pommel missing)
:Blade- 3cm remaining attached to hilt and 6 other iron fragments. Width 5.5cm.
:Hilt- like Petersen fig.85 (Type H). pommel missing. Small remains of wood still attached to tang.
:Scabbard- remains of wood still attached to two of the blade fragments
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.165]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_islay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Islay]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay'''
:Current Location- Lost
:Type- Unknown
:Find date- before 1776
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- like Rygh 494. Pommel cap missing. The upper and lower cross-pieces were once plated with copper or bronze ribs.
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [PENNANT 1776:pl. XLIV] [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.4] [GRIEG 1940:p.165] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2004:p.211-222 fig.4]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Scar"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_scar.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Scar]]
|width="600pt"|'''[[Viking burials found in Scotland#Scar, Sandy|Scotland, Orkney, Scar]]'''
:Current Location-
:Type- Boat Burial
:Find date- 1991
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999:p.108]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Sweindrow"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_sweindrow_detail.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sweindrow]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Sweindrow'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland I.L. 191-192
:Type- Unknown. Found by ploughing.
:Find Date- 1826
:Total length-
:Blade- Double edged. About 9 fragments of the blade are preserved.
:Hilt- type Rygh 494 but with bronze ferrules. The bronze ferrules are adorned with stamped Triangles
:Scabbard - Some remains of wood are attached by rust to the blade, probably remains of the scabbard
:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.564] [GRIEG 1940: p.89-90]
:Comments-

[[File:Sword_sweindrow.JPG]]

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay, Ballinaby"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_ballinaby.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballinaby]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay, Ballinaby'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
:Type- Grave Find
:Find date- 1878
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H (like Rygh 494). Parts of wooden group survive. No metal mountings.
:Scabbard- Possible a little of the scabbard survives
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.31-32] [ANDERSON 1879:p.51]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Aspatria"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_aspatria_detail.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Aspatria]]
|'''England, Cumbria, Aspatria'''
:Current Location- Lost
:Type-
:Find Date- 1789AD
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Pommel missing. Probably a Wheeler type I or II.
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1992:p.43-44] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] [WILSON 2008:p.52]

[[File:Sword_aspatria.jpg]]

|- valign="top" id="England, Derbyshire, Ingleby mound 7"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, Derbyshire, Ingleby mound 7'''
:Current Location-
:Type- Grave Find
:Find date- 1948
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H.
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 1995:p.54, 69] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 196]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Enfield"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_enfield.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Enfield]]
|width="600pt"|'''England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Enfield'''
:Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.
:Type- from a possible boat burial
:Find date-
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type C
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:p.16] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.135] [DAVIDSON 1962:pl.XI no.75] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, Sonning"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Sonning'''
:Current Location-
:Type- burial
:Find date-
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (H)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_vauxhall.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]]
|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (H)'''
:Current Location- London Museum 13591
:Type-
:Find date-
:Total length-
:Blade- Fragmentary
:Hilt- Petersen type H. The hilt has traces of brass inlay. The pommel is missing
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Mortlake"
|No Picture
|'''England, London, River Thames, Mortlake'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type-
:Find date-
:Total length-
:Blade- single-edged
:Hilt- none but Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135]
:Comments-

|}
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==References==

<nocite>
ADAMS1974
ANDERSON1872
ANDERSON1879
BERSU1966
BIDDLE1992
BIDDLE1997
BIGSBY1854
BJORN1940
DAVIDSON1962
EDWARDS1992
EDWARDS1998
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL2004
GRIEG1940
HARRIS2011
HEATH1984
LAKING1920
MARGESEN1997
MacGREGOR1999
OAKESHOTT1960
OAKESHOTT1962
OAKESHOTT1991
OTTAWAY1992
OWEN1999
PEIRCE2002
PENNANT1776
RICHARDS1995
RICHARDS2004
ROESDAHL1981
ROGERS1993
THOMPSON2004
WATKIN1986
WILSON1964
WILSON1965
WILSON2008
WHEELER1927
YOUNG1984
</nocite>
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