Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons
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Summary by Area
England
Frying pans have been found in Winchester and York. [Ottaway 2009:p.6]
Denmark
No skillets or gridirons have been found. [Roesdahl 1982:p.124]
Norway
Petersen counts 132 skillets as of 1951.[Petersen 1951:p.419-421, p.529-530] 100 of the finds could be gendered with 47 being male and 53 being female. The skillet pan varies from 14.5 to 30cm in diameter, the normal being between 18 and 23cm. Shafts range from 44 to 96cm, the normal being between 58 and 80cm. There are 3 ways of joining the shaft to the pan:
1 - (22 examples)
2 Rhomboid expansion - like R430 (20 examples)
3 Shaft splits in 2 - (12 examples)
The other end of the shaft terminates in either a ring or a loop. One repaired examples was tanged and must have ended in a wooden handle (C.1315)
Petersen counts 6 gridirons as of 1951.[Petersen 1951:p.429-430, p.530]. "They consist of a handle which is bent into a spiral at one end in the same plane as the handle. Both handle and spiral are formed of a flat, broad, iron band." The diamter of the spiral is between 12 to 16cm in diamter and the shaft between 16 to 50cm long.
Sweden
Frying Pans
Deep sided, with a flat bottom.
England, Winchester
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- Frying Pan - England, Winchester (oesdahl 1981).JPG
England, York
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Skillets
Flat or slightly dished pan with a long handle
Panne, Stekepanne, Stegepande
Norway, Oseberg C55000 128
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Norway, Hordaland: Stalheim, Voss B4736
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Norway, Lekve B5490
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Guddal, Stryn B5030
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Norway, Hordaland: Kongsvik Store, Tysnes B7639
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Osen, Gaular B15813
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Norway, Hordaland: Gjelle, Voss C1315
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Norway, Oppland: Leirhol, Vang C2563.2
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Norway, Skomrag C5787
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C11475
Vestfold: SANDE, Larvik
- Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.421, 423; fig.223[www.unimus.no]
C12685 Buskerud: HENNUM, Lier
C14506 Buskerud: FLESBERG
Mans Grave - Found with weapons [www.unimus.no]
Norway, Velo
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C1757 Telemark: Åkre, Lærdal
C19082 Aust-Agder: HELLE, Valle
C24060 Oppland: VALBJØR, VÅGÅ
C25096a Buskerud: VILLAND, HOL [www.unimus.no]
C30215 Buskerud: VE, FLÅ [www.unimus.no]
S2326 f
Rogaland: Litlaland, Sola
Made from 5 sheets of metal. Tanged shaft. Probably had a wooden handle? (Petersen 1951)
T16358 d Nord-Trøndelag: Husby Vestre, Stjørdal [www.unimus.no]
T15136 f Nord-Trøndelag: Nygården, Frosta [www.unimus.no]
tsnf48552 [www.unimus.no]
Gridirons
Norway, Akershus: Berger, Aurskog-Holand
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Norway, Oppland: Remme, Vang
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Norway, Vestfold: Odberg Nordre, Odberg Sondre, Larvik
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Vikja, Gaular
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Eide Øvre, Stryn
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Norway, Nord-Trøndelag: Nordgården Nedre, Steinkjer
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References
http://www.unimus.no/samsok/index.php