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Sword Scabbards

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/* England */
* Gloucester
** 1 Westgate Street (C9th): One scabbard found. 780mm long, but damaged at the chape end, so original length unknown. Opening curved and 80mm wide with a edge/flesh stitch along the edge. Made of one piece of leather and sewn down one side. Impression of a stiffener visible on the inside, the top of which is 85mm from the top of the scabbard. No rivet holes. A 15mm slit is on either side of the impression. Scabbard was probably lined with soft leather or fur. [GOUDGE 1979: p.196]
* Bath
** Upper Borough Wall [OWEN & DALLAND 1999: p.112]
* Isle of Man
** Ballateare:[BERSU & WILSON 1966]
** Cronk Moar: Wooden scabbard with a leather outer decorated with a raised moulding [BERSU & WILSON 1966: p.72].