===Archaeology===
* ====England====** York***** 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]** Isle of Man*** Cronk Moar: Wooden scabbard with a leather outer decorated with a raised moulding [BERSU & WILSON 1966: p.72]. * ==== Scotland====
** Balnakiel
** Scar [OWEN & DALLAND 1999: p.109-112]
* ====Ireland====
** Dublin
There are 53 fragmentary scabbards from Dublin. Two of which are nearly complete.
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* ====Denmark====
** Hedeby
*** A leather scabbard from Hedeby has 3 diamonds down its front created by two layers of leather [HAGG 1991: 265]
* ====Germany====
** Essen Minster (late C10-11th). Covered in stamped gold [CAMPBELL 1982:p.171].
* ====Sweden====
** Birka <br>
35 swords have been found in graves in Birka. 30 have been a Petersen Typology and 13 have associated remains of a scabbard.
*** Bj.944 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:fig. 321]
*** Bj.957 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14]
* ====France====
** Saint-Denis, France, c.869 [MONTEMBAULT 1998: p.60]