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Most spearhead finds dated from 800AD to 1100AD in Britain are single discoveries often from rivers and are dated by their form against Petersen’s typology. <br>
We do however have a few graves in Scotland, the Isle of Man and northern England. Unfortunately most of these were excavated in the 19th Century with only basic notes about the burials being recorded. To make things even worse many of the spearheads from this era have ended up in private collections or have become ‘lost’. Haakon Shetelig [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940] has helped us here by compiling a series of books of Viking Age finds from England and Scotland. These books list all of the known finds up to 1940 including some that are now lost.<br>
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[[File:Aberlemno.png|thumb|Aberlemo stone showing the use of two-handed spear and shield. c.700AD]]
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There are no depictions of spears being used two-handed with a slung shield from the Viking age. What evidence we do have comes from before or after the Viking age and depict combat against either horses, ships or castles.
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ANDROSHCHUK2004
BJORN1940
FUGLESANG1980
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1980
HEWITT1996
HILL2004
KENDRICK1949
LANG1981
MAGI-LOUGAS1994
OAKESHOTT1960
PETERSEN1919
POLLINGTON2006
REDKNAP2000
RICHARDS2004
SIDDORN2005
SWANTON1973
WHEELER1927
WHEELER1935
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