Category:Scotland, Highland, Eigg

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Current Location- National Museum of Scotland

Type- Grave

Find Date-

Total length-

Blade-

Hilt- Type C/H (Żabiński 2007).

Scabbard -

Comments-

Bibliography-

• Żabiński, Grzegorz (2007) 'Viking Age Swords from Scotland'. STUDIA I MATERIAŁY – STUDIES AND MATERIALS. Acta Militaria Mediaevalia III. Kraków – Sanok 2007, s. 29-84. (Available Online - www.academia.edu) no.17

Current Location- National Scotland of Scotland: X.IL 157

Type- Possible burial. C9th.

Find date- 1830AD

Total length- N/A

Blade- parts were found with the hilt but no longer survive.

Hilt- Petersen type D. Length 150mm

Scabbard-

Comments-

Bibliography-

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.64-66
• Żabiński, Grzegorz (2007) 'Viking Age Swords from Scotland'. STUDIA I MATERIAŁY – STUDIES AND MATERIALS. Acta Militaria Mediaevalia III. Kraków – Sanok 2007, s. 29-84. (Available Online - www.academia.edu) no.16
• National Museum of Scotland
• nms.scran.ac.uk

Current Location- National Museum of Scotland: X.IL 174

Type- c.875-925

Find date- 1875

Total length-

Blade- 12 fragments – double edged

Hilt- Petersen type W? Identified as being similar to Petersen fig.123 (Grieg 1940). Exact form unknown (Scran 2015). Type W? (Żabiński 2007).

Scabbard-

Comments- found with a plain penannular brooch, a belt, a whetstone, valuable beads and some small pieces of flint (Scran 2015)

Bibliography-

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.69-70
• Żabiński, Grzegorz (2007) 'Viking Age Swords from Scotland'. STUDIA I MATERIAŁY – STUDIES AND MATERIALS. Acta Militaria Mediaevalia III. Kraków – Sanok 2007, s. 29-84. (Available Online - www.academia.edu) no.18
• nms.scran.ac.uk