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{{Stars3|Category=Found in Britain|Typology=Swords|TypologyFile=sword_map.jpg|Limit=2}}{{Swords}}{{Sword Indexes}}== Introduction Comparison of finds==The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology. Low quality images have been included to assist with identification and it is not the authors intention to infringe any copyrights by doing so. {| class="wikitable"<br>|-The sword in this catalogue only include sword found in England, ! Type !! Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword from !! Isle of Man !! Ireland. The swords listed here were not all made in Britain, many of them being made in Scandinavia or main land Europe. In the same way it is not a list of sword possibly made in !! Wales !! England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.<br><br>|-| I / F [[File:Wheeler_SwordsSword type f.jpg|thumb60px]] |center|600x150px - |alt=Sword Typology|Wheeler's Viking - || 3 || - || -|-| I / M [[File:Sword Typologytype m.jpg|60px]]<br> ==Index by County =={|| - style="vertical|| 1 || 1 || -align:top;"|style="width: 20%;"|6===Scotland===|-'''Argyll and Bute'''*| I / P [[#Scotland, Argyll and Bute, ButeFile:Sword type p.jpg|Bute (II)60px]]|| - || 1 || - || - || -*|-| I / Q [[#Scotland, Argyll and Bute, IslayFile:Sword type q.jpg|Islay (II)60px]]|| 1 || - || - || - || -<br>|-'''Elginshire'''*| I / AE [[#Scotland, Elginshire, StrathspeyFile:Sword type ae.jpg|Strathspey (I)60px]]|| - || - || - || - || -<br>|-'''Islay'''*| II / B [[#Scotland, islay, BallinabyFile:Sword type b.jpg|Ballinaby (II)60px]]|| 1 || - || - || - || -<br>|-'''Kirkcudbrightshire'''*| II / C [[#Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, StFile:Sword type c. Cuthbert’s Churchyardjpg|St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard (I)60px]]|| 2 || - || 8 || - || 1<br>|-'''Orkney'''*| II / H [[#Scotland, Orkney, ScarFile:Sword type h.jpg|Scar (II)60px]]|| 10 ||- || 25 || - || 5<br>|-'''Rousay'''*| II / I [[#Scotland, Rousay, SweindrowFile:Sword type i.jpg|Sweindrow (II)60px]]<br>|style="width: 20%;"| 1 || - || 5 || - || 1===Isle of Man===|-*| III / D [[#Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, StFile:Sword type d. Johnsjpg|Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns (I)60px]]|| 1 || - || 5 || - || -*|-| III / E [[#Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk GermanFile:Sword type e.jpg|St John’s Kirk German (I)60px]]|| - || - || 4 || - || -|-|style="widthIII / R [[File: 20%;"Sword type r.jpg|60px]] || - || - || 2 || - || 1===England===|-'''Berkshire'''*| III / S [[#England, Berkshire, Tilehurst stationFile:Sword type s.jpg|Tilehurst station (I)60px]]|| - || 2 || - || - || 2<br>|-'''Cumbria'''*| III / T [[#England, Cumbria, Rampside ChurchyardFile:Sword type t.jpg|Rampside Churchyard (I)60px]]|| - || - || - || - || -*|-| IV / K [[#England, Cumbria, Ormside, ApplebyFile:Sword type k.jpg|60px]] || -in|| -Westmoreland|Ormside, Appleby| 9 || -in|| 3|-Westmoreland (I)| IV / O [[File:Sword type o.jpg|60px]]|| 1 || 1 || 1 || - || 4<br>|-'''Derbyshire'''*| V / L [[#England, Derbyshire, ReptonFile:Sword type l.jpg|Repton (I)60px]]|| 3 || 2 || 10 || 2 || 32*|-| VI / Z [[#England, Derbyshire, InglebyFile:Sword type z.jpg|Ingleby (II)60px]]|| - || - || - || 1 || 12<br>|-'''Hertfordshire'''*| VII / N [[#England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, EnfieldFile:Sword type n.jpg|River Lea, Enfield (II)60px]]|| - || - || - || - || 1<br>|-'''London'''| VII / U, V[[File:Sword type u.jpg|60px]]|| 1 || 1 || - || - || 6*|-| VII / W [[#England, London, River Thames, Waterloo BridgeFile:Sword type w.jpg|River Thames, Waterloo Bridge (I)60px]]|| 1 || - || - || - || -*|-| VII / X [[#England, London, River Thames, ‘near London’File:Sword type xe.jpg|River Thames, ‘near London’ (I)60px]]|| 2 || 1 || 8 || - || 10*|-| VIII [[#England, London, River Thames, VauxhallFile:Sword type viii.jpg|River Thames, Vauxhall (II)60px]]|| - || - || - || - || 1*|-| IX / Y [[#England, London, River Thames, MortlakeFile:Sword type y.jpg|River Thames, Mortlake (II)60px]]|| 1 || - || - || - || 2<br>|-| Unclassifiable || 11 || 1 || 9 || - || 2|-| Unknown || - || 4 || - || - || 12|-| '''YorkshireTotal'''*[[#England, Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street |York, Clifford Street (I)]]<br>|'''36'''|| '''14''' ||'''90'''|| '''3''' || '''101'''

==Portable Antique Scheme==A number of pommels have been discovered on the PAS website. Not all of them have been incorporated in this list. If you want a fuller list than what is presented here to search the PAS database.  == Type I ==''Petersen types M & Q. Rygh 489 & 493.'' <br>850AD? to 1025AD <br>In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway. <br>{||- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire"|width="100pt"| [[File{:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]]|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard''':Current Location- Kirkcudbrightshire Museum no. 2050:Type- Grave find – undated:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- 80cm (broken):Blade- Double edged. Length 70cm (broken so probably longer), width 6cm.:Hilt- Like R.489. Portions Swords of wooden handle. :Scabbard- Parts of wood remain.:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.13] |- valign="top" id="Rampside"|No Picture|'''Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard ''':Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness:Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD.:Find Date- 1909:Total Length- ?:Blade- 40cm survives, single-edged.:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I:Scabbard- fragments of iron imregnated wood were found:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] [EDWARDS 1998:p.21] |- valign="top" id="Appleby"|No Picture|'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland''':Current Location- Tullie House Museum:Type- Grave find. 850-900AD.:Find Date- before 1898:Total Length- 35.5” (Complete?):Blade- Length 31” (79cm):Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] |- valign="top" id="York_Clifford"|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_york_clifford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York Clifford Street]]|'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street''':Current Location- Yorkshire Museum:Type- Unknown:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- N/A:Blade- Missing:Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30] |- valign="top" id="Balladoyne"|No Picture|'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns''':Current Location- Manx Museum:Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). Undated.:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- 32” (possible about 4” missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I. No ornament. Part of the wooden grip remains.:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26]  |- valign="top" id="Repton"|[[File:sword_repton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]|'''Derbyshire, Repton''':Current Location- Derby Museum:Type- Grave find c.873AD:Find Date- 1986?:Total Length- 89.7cm:Blade- length 77.3cm, width 6.2cm. :Hilt- Petersen type M. grip constructed of strips covered in tabby weave textile.:Scabbard- made from two lengths of wood, lined with hairy skin. Outside covered in leather.:Bibliography- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992:p.49] |- valign="top" id="Waterloo" |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]]|width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''':Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection.:Type- River find, C9th:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (part of blade missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Classed by Wheeler as type I, by Bjorn as Type H? Both guards are striped with brass inlay. Bjorn considers the pommel to be missing? :Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]  |- valign="top" id="Near London"|[[File:near_london.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Near London]]|'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''':Current Location- London Museum A 17923:Type- River find, Not before 900AD.:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (part of blade missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I. Part of a wooden handle survives, covered in a course linen.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]  |Britain}} === Related Types P, Y & AE === {|  |- valign="top" id="Strathspey"|width="100pt"| [[File{:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]]|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey''':Current Location- National Museum Swords of Scotland. L.A. 1:Type- Unknown. Found II found in an excavation of a railway cutting.:Find Date- Before 1864.:Total Length- 88cm (Complete):Blade- Double edged. Length 77cm (complete), width 5cm. Probably pattern welded.:Hilt- Petersen type P. Both cross-pieces are decorated with untwisted silver and copper wires.:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.159] [[File:sword_elginshire_full.jpg]] |- valign="top" id="Kirk"|No Picture|'''Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German''':Current Location- Manx Museum:Type- Found in a field near a burial.:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (fragmentary):Blade- no information:Hilt- Probably Petersen type P. Traces of silver ornament on pommel and guard.:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25-26] |- valign="top" id="Tilehurst"|No Picture|'''Berkshire, Tilehurst station''':Current Location- Reading Museum:Type- Unknown, found during road widening. C10th:Find Date- Sept. 1917.:Total Length- 23” (part of blade missing):Blade- Double edged – cap and upper guard are not separate.:Hilt- Petersen type Y:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58]  |Britain}} <br> == Type II Norwegian ==''Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD'' {||- valign="top" id="Bute"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_bute.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bute]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Bute''':Current Location- Bute Natural Museum:Type- Unknown:Find date- before 1911:Total length- 17.3cm (blade and pommel missing):Blade- 3cm remaining attached to hilt and 6 other iron fragments. Width 5.5cm.:Hilt- like Petersen fig.85 (Type H). pommel missing. Small remains Swords of wood still attached to tang.:Scabbard- remains of wood still attached to two of the blade fragments:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.165]  |- valign="top" id="Islay"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_islay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Islay]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay''':Current Location- Lost:Type- Unknown:Find date- before 1776:Total length- :Blade- :Hilt- like Rygh 494. Pommel cap missing. The upper and lower cross-pieces were once plated with copper or bronze ribs.:Scabbard- :Bibliography- [PENNANT 1776:pl. XLIV] [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.4] [GRIEG 1940:p.165] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2004:p.211-222 fig.4] |- valign="top" id="Scar"|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_scar.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Scar]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Scar''':Current Location-:Type- Boat Burial [[Viking burials III found in Scotland#Scar, Sandy|More information…]]:Find date- 1991:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type H:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999:p.108]  |- valign="top" id="Sweindrow"|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_sweindrow_detail.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sweindrow]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Rousay, Sweindrow''':Current Location- National Museum of Scotland I.L. 191-192:Type- Unknown. Found by ploughing.:Find Date- 1826:Blade- Double edged. About 9 fragments of the blade are preserved. :Hilt- type Rygh 494 but with bronze ferrules. The bronze ferrules are adorned with stamped Triangles:Scabbard - Some remains of wood are attached by rust to the blade, probably remains of the scabbard:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.564] [GRIEG 1940: p.89-90] [[File:Sword_sweindrow.JPG]] |- valign="top" id="Ballinaby"|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_ballinaby.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballinaby]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby''':Current Location- National Museum of Scotland:Type- Grave Find:Find date- 1878:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type H (like Rygh 494). Parts of wooden group survive. No metal mountings.:Scabbard- Possible a little of the scabbard survives:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.31-32] [ANDERSON 1879:p.51] |- valign="top" id="Ingleby"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Derbyshire, Ingleby''':Current Location- :Type- Grave Find:Find date- 1948:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type H. :Scabbard- :Bibliography- [RICHARDS 1995:p.54, 69] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 196] |- valign="top" id="Enfield"|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_enfield.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Enfield]]|width="600pt"|'''Hertfordshire, River Lea, Enfield''':Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.:Type- from a possible boat burial:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type C:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:p.16] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)]  |- valign="top" id="Vauxhall"|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_vauxhall.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]]|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall''':Current Location- London Museum 13591:Type-:Find date-:Blade- Fragmentary:Hilt- Petersen type H. The hilt has traces of brass inlay. The pommel is missing :Scabbard-:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81]  |- valign="top" id="Mortlake"|No Picture|'''London, River Thames, Mortlake''':Current Location- ?:Type-:Find date-:Blade- single-edged:Hilt- none but Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135]  |Britain}} <br> == Type III Danish ==''Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?'' {| |- valign="top" id="Cronk Moar"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_cronk_moar.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Cronk Moar]]|width="600pt"|'''Isle Swords of Man Cronk Moar''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type S:Scabbard- IV found with remains of scabbard:Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72] |- valign="top" id="London"|[[File:sword_london.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London]]|'''London''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- None:Hilt- Petersen type R. Only the pommel of the sword survives:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WHEELER 1927:p.53]  |- valign="top" id="Temple"|[[File:sword_temple.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Temple]]|'''London, River Thames, Temple Church''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type S:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80] :Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword” |- valign="top" id="Chertsey"|[[File:sword_chertsey.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Chertsey]]|'''London, Chertsey''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type S:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.98][http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/50_objects/more_gallery]  |- valign="top" id="Jurby"|[[File:sword_jurby.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Jurby]]|'''Isle Of Man, Jurby''':Current Location- re-interred in ground:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type S - described as having a straight guard and 3 lobed pommel.:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22] |Britain} <br> == Type IV Frankish ==''Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD '' === Petersen Type K ==={||- valign="top" id="Ardnamurchan"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ardnamurchan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ardnamurchan]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan''':Current Location-:Type- Boat Burial. Late C10th / early C11th:Find date- 2011:Total length- 75cm (fragmentary):Blade- width 6.46cm:Hilt- Petersen type K (or possibly P). Bronze. Guard decorated with silver and copper alloy. Silver wire separating the 5 lobes. The grip is of bone, antler or ivory with a bronze core.:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [HARRIS, COBB, GRAY and RICHARDSON 2011:p.17, 38]  |- valign="top" id="York_Coppergate"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_york_coppergate.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York_Coppergate]]|width="600pt"|'''York Coppergate''':Current Location- Yorkshire Museum:Type-:Find date-:Blade- Missing:Hilt- Petersen type K. Whalebone pommel:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [MacGREGOR 1999:p.1945]  |- valign="top" id="Essex_Colchester"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_Colchester.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Colchester]]|width="600pt"|'''Essex Colchester''':Current Location- Returned to finder:Type- Metal Detector:Find date- 1979:Blade- half missing:Hilt- Petersen type K. :Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/153780 PAS]  |- valign="top" id="Kennet_Reading"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading''':Current Location- :Type- River Find:Find date- :Blade- Point missing 25.5” long:Hilt- Petersen type O or K? Rivet hole hence cap missing. Remaining fragments of oak grip.:Scabbard- Part of an oak? scabbard is also still attached to the blade.:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.25)] |- valign="top" id="Fetter"|[[File:sword_fetter.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fetter Lane]]|'''London, Fetter Lane''':Current Location- British Museum. c.800AD?:Type-:Find date-:Blade- None:Hilt- Gilt silver pommel with nielloed engraved pattern:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.136] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.III no.b,c] [WHEELER 1927 p.53][http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sword_grip_and_pommel.aspx British Museum]:Comments- the BM website dates this pommel to the late C8th and Wheeler dates it to c.800AD. |} === Petersen Type O ==={||- valign="top" id="Eriskay"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_eriskay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Eriskay]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Eriskay''':Current Location- Museum Swords of Scotland:Type-:Find date- Given to Museum V found in 1906.:Blade- 6 fragments of blade. Double edged. :Hilt- Petersen type O (Like Petersen fig.104). Part of wooden grip survives. :Scabbard-:Bibliography- [GREIG 1940:p.73,74] |- valign="top" id="Hesket"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hesket.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hesket]]|width="600pt"|'''Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type O:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19] [EDWARDS 1992:p.45] |- valign="top" id="Manx_2008"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_manx_2008.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Manx_2008]]|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, ''':Current Location- :Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type O:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/metal-detectorists-thrilled-at-viking-sword-find-1-1773250 iomtoday.co.im] |- valign="top" id="Kew"|[[File:sword_kew.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kew]]|'''London, River Thames, Kew''':Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3:Type-:Find date-:Blade- Total length 753mm, blade length 630mm. blade engraved with makers mark, INGELRll. On the reverse engraved with SITANBI or IBNATIS (?) :Hilt- Classed as a Petersen type O by Peirce and as Peteren type Q on the British Museum web site. Missing pommel:Scabbard- Remains of wooden sheath on sword blade.:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=66361&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1] |Britain}} <br> == Type V English ==''Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD'' {||- valign="top" id="Ecclefechan"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_ecclefechan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ecclefechan]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Ecclefechan''':Current Location- National Museum Swords of Scotland, Edinburgh I.L. 340:Type-:Find date- 1913:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a):Scabbard-:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35] [GRIEG 1940:p.13,16]  |- valign="top" id="Hurbuck"|[[File:sword_hurbuck.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hurbuck]]|'''Hurbuck, Durham''':Current Location- British Museum:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PEIRCE 2002:p.76]  |- valign="top" id="Gilling"|[[File:sword_gilling.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Gilling]]|'''Yorkshire, Gilling West''':Current Location-:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99]  |- valign="top" id="Ingleton"|[[File:sword_ingleton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ingleton]]|'''Yorkshire, Ingleton, Scales Moor''':Current Location- British Museum BM 1944,0301.1:Type-:Find date-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.165-166 no.65] |- valign="top" id="Wensley"|[[File:sword_wensley.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensley]]|'''Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard''':Current Location- British Museum: 1965,0703.1:Type- Burial:Find date-:Total length- 81.5cm (tip of blade missing):Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Scabbard-:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54 pl.XI no.71] [WILSON 1965: no.9] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84960&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum] |- valign="top" id="Acomb"|[[File:sword_acomb.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Acomb]]|'''Yorkshire, Acomb''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [YOUNG 1984][ROGERS 1993:p.1431] |- valign="top" id="Bedale"|[[File:sword_bedale.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bedale]]|'''Yorkshire, Bedale''':Current Location- British Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]  |- valign="top" id="Coppergate"|[[File:sword_coppergate.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Coppergate]]|'''Yorkshire, York, Coppergate''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [OTTAWAY 1992:p.3943] |- valign="top" id="Fishergate1"|[[File:sword_fishergate1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate1]]|'''Yorkshire, York, Fishergate''':Current Location- :Blade- None:Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the pommel survives.:Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432] |- valign="top" id="Fishergate2"|[[File:sword_fishergate2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate2]]|'''Yorkshire, York, Fishergate''':Current Location- :Blade- None:Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the Cross guard survives.:Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432]  |- valign="top" id="Ballaugh"|[[File:sword_ballaugh.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballaugh]]|'''Isle of Man, Ballaugh''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Maughold"|[[File:sword_maughold.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Maughold]]|'''Isle of Man, St. Maughold''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23] :Comments- missing pommel |- valign="top" id="NottinghamL"|[[File:sword_nottingham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]]|'''Nottingham''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]:Comments- Wheeler identifies this sword as probably being this type but states that the sword is damaged. |- valign="top" id="Repton_L"|[[File:sword_repton_L.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]|'''Repton''':Current Location-:Type- VI found in the midst of a large collection of human bones:Find date- 1839:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [BIGSBY 1854:p.251-252] [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992:p.39-40]:Comments- Was not recognised as Viking until the 1980’s. |- valign="top" id="Fiskerton"|[[File:sword_fiskerton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fiskerton]]|'''River Witham, Fiskerton''':Current Location- Sheffield City Museum J. 1954.3:Type- River find:Find date- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p.54 & pl.X no.66] [WILSON 1965:p.34 no.2 (no.7)] |- valign="top" id="Hauxton"|[[File:sword_hauxton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hauxton Mill]]|'''Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Wensum"|[[File:sword_wensum.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensum]]|'''Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich''':Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12):Type-:Find date- presented to the BM in 1854:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][MARGESEN 1997:p.10-11] [WILSON 1965: no.8]:Comments- Unknown find date. Presented to the BM in 1854. |- valign="top" id="Gooderstone"|[[File:sword_gooderstone.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Gooderstone]]|'''Norfolk, Gooderstone''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.3]  |- valign="top" id="Santon"|[[File:sword_santon.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Santon Downham]]|'''Norfolk, Santon Downham''':Current Location- :Total length- 79.5cm:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,13] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191][http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=93593&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum] |- valign="top" id="Kersey"|[[File:sword_kersey.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kersey]]|'''Suffolk, Kersey''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.5]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Abingdon"|[[File:Sword_abindgon.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Abingdon]]|'''Oxford, Abingdon''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.112][WILSON 1965:p52(no.1)]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Wallingford"|[[File:sword_wallingford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wallingford Bridge]]|'''Oxford, Wallingford Bridge''':Current Location- Ashmolean Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][THOMPSON 2004:p.113]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Westminster"|[[File:sword_westminster.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Westminster]]|'''London, River Thames, Westminster''':Current Location- Ashmolean Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Windsor"|[[File:sword_windsor.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Windsor]]|'''London, River Thames, Windsor''':Current Location- British Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]:Comments-   |- valign="top" id="London_L"|[[File:sword_london_l.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London]]|'''London, River Thames''':Current Location- British Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]:Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Unprovenanced"|[[File:sword_unprovenanced.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Unprovenanced]]|'''Unprovenanced''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13] :Comments- |Britain}} <br> == Type VI Danish ==''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' {||- valign="top" id="Camphill"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_camphill.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Camphill]]|width="600pt"|'''Yorkshire, York, Camphill''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] :Comments- missing pommel |- valign="top" id="Witham"|[[File:sword_witham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Witham]]|'''Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln''':Current Location- British Museum:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.77] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.134] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=65088&partId=1] :Comments- missing pommel |- valign="top" id="Mileham"|[[File:sword_mileham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Mileham]]|'''Norfolk, Mileham''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.7] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Staines"|[[File:sword_staines.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Staines]]|'''London, River Thames, Staines''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Shifford"|[[File:sword_shifford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Shifford]]|'''London, River Thames, Shifford''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.114] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] :Comments-   |- valign="top" id="Brentford"|[[File:sword_brentford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Brentford]]|'''London, River Thames, Brentford''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.3)] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Temple"|[[File:sword_temple.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Off The Temple]]|'''London, River Thames, off the Temple''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78,80] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Kings"|[[File:sword_kings.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kings Reach]]|'''London, River Thames, Kings Reach''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type L:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.80] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Wandsworth"|[[File:sword_wandsworth.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wandsworth Reach]]|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt-:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig.15d] [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.20)] :Comments- Wilson quotes Laking fig.15d as being from Vauxhall. The tip Swords of the sword is from another find from Putney Reach. |} <br>== Type VII ==''Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? '' === Petersen Type U, V ==={||- valign="top" id="Ballateare"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ballateare.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballateare]]|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballateare''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type V:Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.52][http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/archaeology/vikings/ballatearesword.xml] :Comments- found with remains of scabbard |- valign="top" id="Nene"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nene.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nene]]|width="600pt"|'''Cambs, River Nene''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Hertford"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hertford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hertford]]|width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Hertford''':Current Location- Stolen from Hertford Museum:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [ADAMS 1974:p.155-158] :Comments- |- valign="top" id="Edmonton"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_edmonton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Edmonton]]|width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Edmonton''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type U:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.110] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.60] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.6)] :Comments-|in Britain}} <br>=== Petersen Type X ==={||- valign="top" id="Workington"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_workington.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Workington]]|width="600pt"|'''Cumbria, Workington, Lake District''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type W or X:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.21-22] :Comments- |- valign="top" id="Knoc"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_knoc.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Knoc]]|width="600pt"|'''Isle Swords of Man, Knoc-y-doonee''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type X:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23]:Comments- |- valign="top" id="YorkX1"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]|width="600pt"|'''York''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type X:Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] YM 551.45.48 [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93] :Comments- |- valign="top" id="YorkX2"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]|width="600pt"|'''York''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type X:Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="NottinghamX"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nottinghamX.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]]|width="600pt"|'''Notts, Nottingham''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type X:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15-16] Referred to in [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] [[File:sword_nottinghamX_Full.jpg|alt=Nottingham]] |- valign="top" id="Farndon"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_farndon_church.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Farndon]]|width="600pt"|'''Notts, Farndon Church, Newark''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type X:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71]:Comments- |} <br> == Type VIII ==''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? '' {||- valign="top" id="ouse "|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ouse.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ouse ]]|width="600pt"|Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse''':Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology:Find type- River find. 950-1000AD:Total length- :Blade- 77.5cm (30½"). Engraved on one side with ‘CONSTAININUS’ and on the other with ‘+INOMINEDOMINI’:Hilt- :Scabbard-:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.35]   |} <br>== Type IX ==''1000AD to 1300AD? '' <br>No known swords from found in Britain <br>== Type X ==''1050AD to 1300AD? '' <br>}}{| |- valign="top" id="Claughton"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_claughton_hall.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Claughton]]|width="600pt"|'''Lancs, Claughton Hall''':Current Location- Now missing:Type- Grave find (Possible cremation):Find Date- 1822:Total Length- ?:Blade- ?:Hilt- ? :Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] ::JONES, Michael. The Archaeological Journal. Volume 6. 1849. p.74-75::EDWARDS, B.J.N. The Claughton Viking Burial. Historic Society Swords of Lancashire. 1969 p.109-116::EDWARDS, B.J.N. Vikings in North West England 1998 p.15-16 :Comments- Found in a wooden box. <br>The illustration of the sword is from a watercolour by Edward Jones. In 1846 he illustrated the Claughton items held by the Society of Antiquities of London. An earlier watercolour was made by the amateur antiquarian John Weld and Types Disc found as a loose leaf in his sketch book and bearing the date 1834. There are a number of differences between the two drawings including the shape of the crossbar. Weld shows it as being straight where as Jones shows it being slightly curved.  |Britain}} <br> == Unique Swords and those of other styles ==''Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler'' {| |- valign="top" id="Eigg"|width="100pt"|[[File{:sword_eigg.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Eigg]]|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Eigg ''':Current Location- National Scotland Swords of Scotland:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type D, length 150mm :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.64-66] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Cawood"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_cawood.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Cawood ]]|width="600pt"|'''Cawood''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/anglo-scandinavian-york/the-cawood-sword www.historyofyork.org.uk] [http://www.vikingrune.com/2011/02/cawood-sword/ www.vikingrune.com] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Canwick"|[[File:sword_canwick.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Canwick]]|'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln''':Current Location- British Museum:Type- :Find Date- Types Unknown:Total Length- (Complete):Blade- Illegible script of silver inlay:Hilt- Guard of Petersen type Q but pommel different.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99]  |- valign="top" id="Reading"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_reading.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Reading ]]|width="600pt"|'''Reading''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Pommel missing. Hilt and guard decorated found in gripping beasts.:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.11] [EAST nd:p.2] :Comments- Rediscovered after 150 years after being considered lost. Made between c.750AD but probably buried just after 800AD. |- valign="top" id="Raven"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_raven.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ravens Willow ]]|width="600pt"|'''Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Petersen type N:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] :Comments- Later half of C9th |- valign="top" id="Battersea "|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_battersea.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Battersea ]]|width="600pt"|'''London, Battersea ''':Current Location-:Blade- :Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p.57] [WILSON 1965:p32-33 no.1] :Comments-   |Britain} == Swords that cannot be classified ==''Swords that are too decayed to identify'' {| |- valign="top" id="sandy"|No Picture|'''Scotland, Sandy''':Current Location- National Museum of Scotland.:Type- :Find Date- :Total Length- :Blade- Double edged.:Hilt- Part of guard is preserved. The pommel and upper guard are missing. May have been the same as Petersen fig.87 but not enough survives to possitivly classify the sword.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.88]  |- valign="top" id="Braddan"|No Picture|'''Isle of Man, Old Kirk Braddan''':Current Location- Manx Museum:Type- :Find Date- :Total Length- fragment:Blade- only the upper part survives:Hilt- missing:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]  |} == Swords still awaiting classification==''Swords so far unidentified by the authors'' {| |- valign="top" id="Witherslack"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Lancs, Witherslack''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.74] :Comments-   |- valign="top" id="Nottingham_Pommel"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Nottingham''':Current Location- :Blade- None:Hilt- Only a pommel:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Thames"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames''':Current Location- Tullie House Museum, Carlisle:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Vauxhall1"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall''':Current Location- :Blade- :Hilt- 3 lobed pommel:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="Vauxhall2"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall''':Current Location- Unknown:Blade- :Hilt- :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.53] :Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’   |} ==See Also==[[Swords]]<br>

==ReferencesSelect Bibliography=={{Ref|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}{{Ref|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940}}{{Ref|Davidson 1962}}{{Ref|Edwards 1998}}{{Ref|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}{{Ref|Grieg 1940}}{{Ref|Oakeshott 1960}}{{Ref|Oakeshott 1991}}{{Ref|Peirce 2002}}{{Ref|Richards 2004}}{{Ref|Wilson 1964}}{{Ref|Wilson 1965}}{{Ref|Wilson 2008}}{{Ref|Wheeler 1927}}{{Ref|Żabiński 2007}}

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