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Viking Age Compendium articles on Archery:
Viking Age Compendium articles on Archery:
For explanation of terms see the Bows and Arrows pages. For finds of Arrow heads also see the Arrows page.
Bows
Location / Catalogue No. | Condition | Terminal Shape | Nock Type | Wood | Length | Date | Ref. |
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Dublin, Ireland / DWP1 | Fragment | Straight | Single | Yew | >10cm | C11th-C12th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP2 | Fragment | Straight | Double | Scots Pine | >15cm | C11th-C12th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP3 | Fragment | ? | Double | Yew | >11cm | C11th-C12th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP4 | Fragment | Deflexed | Single | Yew | >13cm | C11th-C13th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP5 | Fragment | Straight | Double | Elm | >10cm | C11th-C12th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP6 | Fragment | Straight | Double | Yew | >20cm | C11th-C13th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP7 | Complete | Straight | Double | Yew | 68cm | C11th-C13th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Dublin, Ireland / DWP8 | Fragment | Straight | Double | Yew | >8cm | C12th | [HALPIN 2008] |
Ballinderry, Ireland | Complete | Deflexed | Yew | 190cm | Late C10th | [HALPIN 2008] | |
Adare Castle, Ireland | Complete | Single | Yew | [HALPIN 2008] | |||
Waterford, Ireland / 1 | Fragment | ? | Single | Yew | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | |
Waterford, Ireland / 2-c | Fragment | Double | Yew | >71cm | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | |
Waterford, Ireland / 3-b | Fragment | Double | Yew | >65cm | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | |
Waterford, Ireland / 4-d | Complete | Deflexed | Single | Yew | 126cm | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] |
Waterford, Ireland / 5 | Fragment | Double? | Yew | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | ||
Waterford, Ireland / 6 | Fragment | Double | Yew | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | ||
Waterford, Ireland / 7 | Fragment | Deflexed | Single | Yew | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | |
Cork, Ireland | Fragment | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | ||||
Cork, Ireland | Fragment | C11th ? | [HALPIN 2008] | ||||
Hedeby, Denmark / 1 | Complete | Deflexed | Single | Yew | 191cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 2 | Fragment | ? | ? | Yew | >16cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 3 | Fragment | Deflexed | ? | Yew | >47cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 4 | Fragment | Straight | ? | Yew | >27cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 5 | Fragment | ? | ? | Yew | >23cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 6 | Fragment | ? | ? | Yew | >21cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Hedeby, Denmark / 7 | Fragment | ? | Single | Elm | >37cm | 850-1066AD | [PAULSEN 1999] |
Aarlsum, Netherlands | Fragment | ? | Double | Yew | >126cm (~175-185cm) | 720-890 | [LANTING 1999] |
Wassenaar, Netherlands | Fragment | Deflexed | Yew | >150cm (~180-190cm) | 800-950AD | [LANTING 1999] | |
Pineilh la mothe, France | Complete | Straight | Double | Elm | 125cm | 979-1060AD | [LANSAC 2008] |
Burg Elmendorf, Germany | Complete (Unfinished) | Straight | Single | Yew | 162cm | C12th | [JUNKMANNS 2013] |
Oberflacht, Germany / Gr.7 | Complete | Single | Yew | 169cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] | |
Oberflacht, Germany / Gr.8 | Complete | Single | Yew | 170cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] | |
Oberflacht, Germany / Gr.21 | Complete | Single | Yew | 184cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] | |
Oberflacht, Germany / Gr. | Fragment | Yew | >20cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] | ||
Oberflacht, Germany / Gr. | Fragment | Elm | >112cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] | ||
Altdorf, Switzerland | Complete | Yew | 180cm | C7th | [HŐRNIG 2005] |
Arrow Shafts
- Scotland
- Scar (AD 875-950) [OWEN & DALLAND 1999]
- 9 Arrow fragments made from Scots Pine. Leaf heads. Surviving length of shaft 12cm.
- Scar (AD 875-950) [OWEN & DALLAND 1999]
- Ireland
- Dublin [HALPIN 2008]
- DWP11: C11th. Complete made from Scots Pine. Leaf head. Total length 60cm (including head), Shaft 54cm. Diameter 10mm.
- DWP12: C11th-12th. Fragment made from Willow. Surviving length of shaft 22cm.
- Waterford [HALPIN 2008]
- Complete, unknown wood. Bodkin head.
- Fragment made from Yew
- Cork [HALPIN 2008]
- 2 Arrow fragments made of Yew.
- Dublin [HALPIN 2008]
- Norway [FARBREGD 1975]
- Oppland (9th-10th C)
- 42: Fragment
- 58: Complete
- 59 & 38: Fragment
- 60: Fragment
- Oppland (9th-10th C)
- Germany
- Elisenhof (8th-11th C). 6 arrow shafts were identified in Elisenhof. [SZABO 1985]:p.26, taf. 4
- 24: complete blunt of unknown wood type. Length 34.00cm, 0.6cm diameter, 1.2-1.5cm head diameter, 0.3cm deep knock. The head is oval in cross section and flat at the end.
- 25: broken at the lower end, made of elder. Length now 48.00cm, diameter 1.1cm, deep knock 16.5cm and 9.5cm from the knock are two grooves, possibly form the attachment of feathers.
- 26: broken at the lower end, unknown wood type. Length now 37.00cm (probably not much longer when complete), 1.0cm diameter, and 1.5cm at the feathers, 0.3cm deep knock. 1.0 adn 2.5cm from the knock are some grooves possibly to give the fingers a better grip. 8.0cm from the end there are the remains for some metal pins, possibly to fasten the feathers. Between the metal pins and the grooves are the remains of feathers.
- 27: broken lower part of a blunt arrow, made of hazel. Length now 13.5cm, diameter of the shaft 0.7cm, diameter of the head 1.5cm. The blunt head has a round cross section and has a flat end which is blackened.
- 28: broken lower part of a blunt arrow, made of hazel. Length now 11cm, diameter of the shaft 0.6cm, diameter of the head 1.2cm. The head is round in cross section and flat at the end.
- 29: Broken lower part of a blunt arrow, unknown wood type. Length now 6.3cm, diameter of shaft 0.6cm, diameter of head 1.6cm
- Elisenhof (8th-11th C). 6 arrow shafts were identified in Elisenhof. [SZABO 1985]:p.26, taf. 4
- Switzerland
- Altdorf (7th C) [HORNIG 2004]
- 8 Arrows made from Hazel, Ash and Honeysuckle.
- Altdorf (7th C) [HORNIG 2004]
References
Halpin, Andrew (2008) Weapons and Warfare in Viking and Medieval Dublin. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.09 [HALPIN 2008] ^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 *
Junkmanns, Jürgen (2013) Pfeil und Bogen: Von der Altsteinzeit bis zum Mittelalter. [Bow and Arrow: From the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages]. [JUNKMANNS 2013] ^ *
Lansac, Pierre (2008) 'Les arcs de Pineuilh (Gironde)'. [The bows of Pineuilh (Gironde)]. Des amis du musée de l'archerie et du Valois, n°7, février 2008,pp 2 à 8. [LANSAC 2008] ^ *
Lanting, J.N. (1999) 'Bows from the Netherlands'. Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries 42:7-10 1999. [LANTING 1999] ^ 1 2 *
Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press. [OWEN & DALLAND 1999] ^ *
'Pfeil und Bogen in Haithabu'. In Geibig, A. and Paulsen, H. (1999) Neue Ausgrabungen in Haithabu; Band 33: Das archäologische Fundmaterial VI. Ausgrabungen in Haithabu. Hedeby-Ausgrabungen in Haithabu [PAULSEN 1999] ^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 *
de Stoute, Jur (2008) Paleo Planet, Archery - Primitive Bows - 1200 year old longbow from Netherlands. (Website Article). [Accessed: 2011] [DE STOUTE 2008] *