In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway. <br>
{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]]
|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard'''
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.13]
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, RampsideChurchyard"
|No Picture
|'''England, Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard '''
:Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
:Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD.
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] [EDWARDS 1998:p.21]
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland"
|No Picture
|'''England, Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland'''
:Current Location- Tullie House Museum
:Type- Grave find. 850-900AD.
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
|- valign="top" id="York_CliffordEngland, Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_york_clifford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York Clifford Street]]
|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street'''
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
:Type- Unknown
|- valign="top" id="England, Derbyshire, Repton"
|[[File:sword_repton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]
|'''England, Derbyshire, Repton'''
:Current Location- Derby Museum
:Type- Grave find c.873AD
:Bibliography- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE-BIDDLE 1992:p.49]
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, WaterlooBridge"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge'''
:Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection.
:Type- River find, C9th
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
|- valign="top" id="Near England, LondonRiver Thames, ‘near London’"
|[[File:near_london.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Near London]]
|'''England, London River Thames, ‘near London’'''
:Current Location- London Museum A 17923
:Type- River find, Not before 900AD.
{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]]
|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey'''