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== Type III Danish ==
 
''Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?'' <br>
 
[[File:sword_type_r.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>
 
{|
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Cronk Moar"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_cronk_moar.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Cronk Moar]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Cronk Moar'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type S
 
:Scabbard- found with remains of scabbard
 
:Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72] [WILSON 2008:p.36]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Type R Pommel"
 
|[[File:sword_london.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London]]
 
|'''England, London, Type R Pommel'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
: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] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.12)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Temple Church"
 
|[[File:sword_temple.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Temple]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Temple Church'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length- 885mm
 
:Blade- 723mm
 
:Hilt- Petersen type S. Pommel and guard plated with silver, and decorated in copper inlay of Jellinge style. The grip is covered by a binding of silver wire with a plaited band of silver wire at the top and bottom.
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80] [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992: cat.413 p.335] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.15)]
 
[http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=66300&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 British Museum]
 
:Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Chertsey"
 
|[[File:sword_chertsey.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Chertsey]]
 
|'''England, London, Chertsey'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type S
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.98][http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/50_objects/more_gallery www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle Of Man, Jurby"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''Isle Of Man, Jurby'''
 
:Current Location- re-interred in ground
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type S - described as having a straight guard and 3 lobed pommel.
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22]
 
:Comments-
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
 
== Type IV Frankish ==
 
''Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD ''
 
 
=== Petersen Type K ===
 
[[File:sword_type_k.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Highland, Ardnamurchan, Swordle Bay"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ardnamurchan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ardnamurchan]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Highland, Ardnamurchan, Swordle Bay'''
 
: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]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, York Coppergate (K)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_york_coppergate.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York_Coppergate]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, York Coppergate (K)'''
 
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- Missing
 
:Hilt- Petersen type K. Whalebone pommel
 
:Scabbard- None
 
:Bibliography- [MacGREGOR 1999:p.1945]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Essex, Colchester"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_Colchester.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Colchester]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Essex, Colchester'''
 
:Current Location- Returned to finder
 
:Type- Metal Detector
 
:Find date- 1979
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- half missing
 
:Hilt- Petersen type K.
 
:Scabbard- None
 
:Bibliography- [http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/153780 PAS]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, River Kennet, Reading"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, River Kennet, Reading'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- River Find
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
: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)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Fetter Lane"
 
|[[File:sword_fetter.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fetter Lane]]
 
|'''England, London, Fetter Lane'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum. c.800AD?
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
: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 ===
 
[[File:sword_type_o.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Eriskay"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_eriskay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Eriskay]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Eriskay'''
 
:Current Location- Museum of Scotland
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- Given to Museum in 1906.
 
:Total length-
 
: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]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hesket.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hesket]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest'''
 
:Current Location- The Tullie House Museum
 
:Type- Grave find - early C10th
 
:Find date- 1822
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- Sword deliberately damaged. Bent back twice on itself by heating and hammering.
 
:Hilt- Petersen type O
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19] [EDWARDS 1992:p.45] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191 pl.18] [WILSON 2008:p.52]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Type O Pommel"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_manx_2008.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Manx_2008]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Type O Pommel'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
: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]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Kew"
 
|[[File:sword_kew.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kew]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Kew'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length- 753mm
 
:Blade- 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 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
:Comments-
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
 
== Type V English ==
 
''Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD'' <br>
 
[[File:sword_type_l.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Ecclefechan"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ecclefechan.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ecclefechan]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Ecclefechan'''
 
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh I.L. 340
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1913
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a)
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] [GRIEG 1940:p.13,16]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lancashire, Inskip"
 
|[[File:sword_inskip_detail.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Inskip]]
 
|'''England, Lancashire, Inskip'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1889
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L?
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:p.20] [RICHARDS 1995:p.62] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
[[File:sword_inskip.jpg]]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Durham, Hurbuck"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''England, Durham, Hurbuck'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][PEIRCE 2002:p.76]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Gilling West"
 
|[[File:sword_gilling.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Gilling]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, Gilling West'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Ingleton, Scales Moor"
 
|[[File:sword_ingleton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ingleton]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, Ingleton, Scales Moor'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum BM 1944,0301.1
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.165-166 no.65]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard"
 
|[[File:sword_wensley.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensley]]
 
|'''England, 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 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Acomb"
 
|[[File:sword_acomb.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Acomb]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, Acomb'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [YOUNG 1984][ROGERS 1993:p.1431]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Bedale"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, Bedale'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Bedale Hoard"
 
|[[File:sword_bedale_hoard.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Bedale]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, Bedale Hoard'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 2012
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [http://finds.org.uk/blogs/treasure/2012/12/ PAS]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Coppergate (L)"
 
|[[File:sword_coppergateL.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Coppergate]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Coppergate (L)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OTTAWAY 1992:p.3943]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (L1)"
 
|[[File:sword_fishergateL1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate1]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (L1)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length- n/a
 
:Blade- None
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the pommel survives.
 
:Scabbard- None
 
:Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (L2)"
 
|[[File:sword_fishergateL2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate2]]
 
|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (L2)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- None
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L. Only the Cross guard survives.
 
:Scabbard - None
 
:Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Ballaugh"
 
|[[File:sword_ballaugh.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballaugh]]
 
|'''Isle of Man, Ballaugh'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.6] [WHEELER 1927:p.35] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22] [WILSON 2008:p.54]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, St. Maughold"
 
|[[File:sword_maughold.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Maughold]]
 
|'''Isle of Man, St. Maughold'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.7] [WHEELER 1927:p.35] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23] [WILSON 2008:p.55]
 
:Comments- missing pommel
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (L)"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (L)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
: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="England, Derbyshire, Repton (L)"
 
|[[File:sword_repton_L.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]
 
|'''England, Derbyshire, Repton (L)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- found in the midst of a large collection of human bones
 
:Find date- 1839
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
: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="England, Lincolnshire, River Witham, Fiskerton"
 
|[[File:sword_fiskerton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fiskerton]]
 
|'''England, Lincolnshire, River Witham, Fiskerton'''
 
:Current Location- Sheffield City Museum J. 1954.3
 
:Type- River find
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography-  [DAVIDSON 1962:p.54 & pl.X no.66] [WILSON 1965:p.34 no.2 (no.7)]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Norfolk, Norwich"
 
|[[File:sword_norwich.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Norwich]]
 
|'''England, Norfolk, Norwich'''
 
:Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L, bronze 5 lobes
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography-  [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61] [DAVIDSON pl.VII fig.41a]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill"
 
|[[File:sword_hauxton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hauxton Mill]]
 
|'''England, Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography-  [WHEELER 1927:p.35]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich"
 
|[[File:sword_wensum.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wensum]]
 
|'''England, Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum (54, 11-7, 12)
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- presented to the BM in 1854
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
: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="England, Norfolk, Gooderstone"
 
|[[File:sword_gooderstone.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Gooderstone]]
 
|'''England, Norfolk, Gooderstone'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.104] [WILSON 1965: no.3]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Norfolk, Santon Downham"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''England, Norfolk, Santon Downham'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum 1883,0726.1
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1883
 
:Total length- 79.5cm
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L.
 
:Scabbard-
 
: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 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Suffolk, Kersey"
 
|[[File:sword_kersey.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kersey]]
 
|'''England, Suffolk, Kersey'''
 
:Current Location- Ipswich Museum: inv. no. 980-85
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.5] [WILSON 1964 p.106]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Oxfordshire, Abingdon"
 
|[[File:Sword_abindgon.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Abingdon]]
 
|'''England, Oxfordshire, Abingdon'''
 
:Current Location- Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford: inv. no. P.R. 1555-2580
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.112][WILSON 1965:p52(no.1)] [WILSON 1964:pl.vi p.99] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.X no.67] [HEATH 1985:p.16]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Oxfordshire, Wallingford Bridge"
 
|[[File:sword_wallingford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wallingford Bridge]]
 
|'''England, Oxfordshire, Wallingford Bridge'''
 
:Current Location- Ashmolean Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35][THOMPSON 2004:p.113]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London,  River Thames, Westminster"
 
|[[File:sword_westminster.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Westminster]]
 
|'''England, London,  River Thames, Westminster'''
 
:Current Location- Ashmolean Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig.15c] [WHEELER 1927:p.35]  [DAVIDSON 1962:p54]  [WILSON 1964:p.18] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.x)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London,  River Thames, Windsor"
 
|No Picture
 
|'''England, London,  River Thames, Windsor'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] [WILSON 1964:p.114] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.32)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames (L)"
 
|[[File:sword_london_l.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames (L)'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Unprovenanced"
 
|[[File:sword_unprovenanced.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Unprovenanced]]
 
|'''Unprovenanced'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13]
 
:Comments-
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
 
== Type VI Danish ==
 
''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' <br>
 
[[File:sword_type_lv.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]<br>
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Camphill"
 
|width="100pt"|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Camphill'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15]  [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
 
:Comments- missing pommel
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (Lv)"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (Lv)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date- 1851
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- None
 
:Hilt- Only a pommel
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.15] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] 
 
:Comments- Described as 'resembling knuckles of the hand'. Image from The Archaeological Journal 8 p.425
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lincolnshire, River Witham, Lincoln"
 
|[[File:sword_witham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Witham]]
 
|'''England, Lincolnshire, River Witham, Lincoln'''
 
:Also Known As- The Witham Sword
 
:Current Location- British Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.77] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.134] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.10)] [WILSON 1964 p.142-143 no.32]  [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=65088&partId=1 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Norfolk, Mileham"
 
|[[File:sword_mileham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Mileham]]
 
|'''England, Norfolk, Mileham'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.52] [WILSON 1965:no.7] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Staines"
 
|[[File:sword_staines.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Staines]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Staines'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.27)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Shifford"
 
|[[File:sword_shifford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Shifford]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Shifford'''
 
:Current Location- Reading Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.114] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56]  [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.26)]  [WILSON 1964:p.112] [Stephenson 2007:p.92] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.IV no.25]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Brentford"
 
|[[File:sword_brentford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Brentford]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Brentford'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.3)] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, off the Temple"
 
|[[File:sword_off_temple.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Off The Temple]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, off the Temple'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- INGELRII (OAKESHOTT 1962:p.225)
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78,80] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56, pl.V no.30]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Kings Reach"
 
|[[File:sword_kings.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kings Reach]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Kings Reach'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum 1856,7-11404
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- INGELRII  73.7cm (29”) (complete)
 
:Hilt- Petersen type L
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.26] [PEIRCE 2002:p.80]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach"
 
|[[File:sword_wandsworth.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wandsworth Reach]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach'''
 
:Current Location- London Museum A2373
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length- 882mm
 
:Blade- 742mm, INGELRII
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig.15d] [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.20)]  [http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections-research/collections-online/object.aspx?objectID=object-37092&start=0&rows=1 London Museum]
 
:Comments- Wilson quotes Laking fig.15d as being from Vauxhall. The tip of the sword is from another find from Putney Reach in 1906.
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Devenshire, Dorset, River Frome, Wareham"
 
|[[File:sword_wareham.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wandsworth Reach]]
 
|'''England, Devenshire, Dorset, River Frome, Wareham'''
 
:Current Location- Dorchester Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1927
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- about half of the blade survives
 
:Hilt- most of the wooden group is still in position
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.57] [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.140] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.74] [WILSON 1964:p.113] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.31)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (Lv)"
 
|[[File:sword_vauxhall_Lv.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wandsworth Reach]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (Lv)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- 3 lobed pommel
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig. 15a] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames (Lv)"
 
|[[File:sword_river_thames_Lv.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=River Thames]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames (Lv)'''
 
:Also Known As- Tullie House Sword
 
:Current Location- Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.IV no.24] [http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/anglo-saxons Tullie House Museum] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Wales (Lv)"
 
|[[File:sword_wales_Lv.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Wales]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Wales (Lv)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date- 2002
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [http://finds.org.uk/news/stories/article/id/75 PAS] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
== Type VII ==
 
''Petersen Types F, N, U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? ''
 
=== Petersen Type F, N ===
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound"
 
|width="100pt"|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- April 1851
 
:Total length- 35"
 
:Blade- 30" Double edged, 2" wide
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [STEWART:1854] [ANDERSON 1874:p.569]  [GRIEG 1940:p.15] 
 
:Comments- Identified from a water colour by Dr. Joseph Anderson. Current location of both the sword and watercolour is unknown
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Westray, Pierowall"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Westray, Pierowall'''
 
:Current Location- Scottish Museum I.L. 195-196
 
:Type- Grave
 
:Find date- before 1863
 
:Total length- 
 
:Blade- 3 fragments left of the blade
 
:Hilt- Pommel is missing
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.90]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_colonsay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Colonsay]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay'''
 
:Current Location- Scottish Museum  I.L. 315-325
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 
 
:Total length- 
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Probably like Rygh 495 – but no pommel preserved.
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography-  [MacLEOD 1898:p.7] [GRIEG 1940:p.46, 47]
 
:Comments- MacLEOD 1898 in Proc. S. A. Scot. XXXIII 1898—99, p.7
 
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
=== Petersen Type U, V ===
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay, Kiloran Bay"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_kiloran.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kiloran Bay]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay, Kiloran Bay'''
 
:Current Location- Royal Scottish Museum
 
:Type- Grave / Boat Burial
 
:Find date- 1882
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.48,49,60] 
 
:Comments- Found with many other items including axe, spear and horse skeleton.
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Highland, Eigg, Grave III"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Highland, Eigg, Grave III'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1875
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- 12 fragments – double edged
 
:Hilt- Petersen type W? Identified as being similar to Petersen fig.123
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.69-70] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Ballateare"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ballateare.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballateare]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballateare'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type V
 
:Scabbard- found with remains of scabbard
 
:Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.52][http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/archaeology/vikings/ballatearesword.xml] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Hertford"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hertford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hertford]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Hertford'''
 
:Current Location- Stolen from Hertford Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [ADAMS 1974:p.155-158] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Edmonton"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_edmonton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Edmonton]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Edmonton'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum 1915.0504.1
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- pattern welded,
 
:Hilt- Petersen type U, pommel inlaid with copper in chequered pattern
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.60] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.69] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.6)] [HEATH 1985:p.16] [PEIRCE 2002:p.110]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, River Thames, Bray"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, River Thames, Bray'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- 
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKSHOTT 1960:p.137] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.2)]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
=== Petersen Type X ===
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Sanday, Sties"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_Sanday_Sties.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sties]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Sanday, Sties'''
 
:Current Location- The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University
 
:Type- Burial Mound
 
:Find date- before 1872
 
:Total length- 67cm (parts of blade missing).
 
:Blade- double edged. Badly corroded. Broken and consist of 10 fragments. Width 5.5cm.
 
:Hilt- probably like Petersen fig.128 (type X). Remains of a wooden grip.
 
:Scabbard- may have parts of the wooden scabbard attached to the corroded blade.
 
:Bibliography- [ANDERSON 1872:p.566 no.3] [GRIEG 1940:p.171-172] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Workington, Lake District"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, Workington, Lake District'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type W or X
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.21-22]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_knoc.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Knoc]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type X
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York (X1)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, York (X1)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type X
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] YM 551.45.48 [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York (X2)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, York (X2)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type X
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [ROESDAHL 1981:p.65 D15] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.93]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (X)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_york_fishergateX.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (X)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length- n/a
 
:Blade- Missing
 
:Hilt- Only a Petersen type X Pommel survives.
 
:Scabbard- None
 
:Bibliography- [ROGERS 1993:p.1432]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (X)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nottinghamX.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (X)'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type X
 
:Scabbard-
 
: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="England, Nottinghamshire, Newark, Farndon Church"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_farndon_church.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Farndon]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Nottinghamshire, Newark, Farndon Church'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum 1906,612.1
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- 1906
 
:Total length- 87.1cm
 
:Blade- 80.8cm (Complete), width 5cm
 
:Hilt- Petersen type X or V
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.71] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65112&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Derbyshire, Repton (X)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_repton_X.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Derbyshire, Repton (X)'''
 
:Current Location- Missing
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE 1992:p.40]  [BIDDLE and KJBLBYE 1997:p.57]
 
:Comments- now known only through an electrotype copy recovered from a Repton attic in 1948, may represent a second, but later, Viking sword from the village (Petersen Type X).
 
 
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
 
== Type VIII ==
 
''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? ''
 
{|
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ouse.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ouse ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, River Great Ouse'''
 
:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
 
:Find type- River find. 950-1000AD
 
:Total length-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
: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 Britain
 
 
<br>
 
== Type X ==
 
''1050AD to 1300AD? ''
 
<br>
 
{|
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lancashire, Claughton Hall"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_claughton_hall.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Claughton]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, 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] [EDWARDS 1992:p.46] [EDWARDS 1998:p.15-16]
 
::JONES, Michael. The Archaeological Journal. Volume 6. 1849. p.74-75
 
::EDWARDS, B.J.N. The Claughton Viking Burial. Historic Society of Lancashire. 1969 p.109-116
 
: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 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.
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, River Witham (X1)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_witham_X1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Witham]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, River Witham (X1)'''
 
:Current Location- Lincoln Museum
 
:Type- dated to 1100-1150AD
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- 30” 77.5cm
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.229 no.23]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, River Witham (X2)"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_witham_X2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Witham]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, River Witham (X2)'''
 
:Current Location- Lincoln Museum
 
:Type- dated to 1100-1150AD
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- 30” 77.5cm
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.229 no.24]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Northumberland"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_northumberland.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Northumberland]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Northumberland'''
 
:Current Location- Glasgow Museum
 
:Type- dated to 1050-1125
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- 26" (66cm) inscription
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.31]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, Whittlesea Mere"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_whittlesea.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Whittlesea Mere]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, Whittlesea Mere'''
 
:Current Location- Glasgow Museum
 
:Type- excavated. dated to 1050-1125
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- 88cm (34 ¾”) inscription
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.39]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, Newbury"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_newbury.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Newbury]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Newbury'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- excavated c.1100
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- 33” 85cm traces of an inscription
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|}
 
 
<br>
 
 
== Unique Swords and those of other styles ==
 
''Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler''
 
{|
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Highland, Eigg"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_eigg.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Eigg]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Highland, Eigg'''
 
:Current Location- National Scotland of Scotland
 
:Type- Burial
 
:Find date- 1830AD
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type D, length 150mm
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.64-66] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Cawood"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_cawood.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Cawood ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, Cawood'''
 
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
 
:Type- River find dated to c.1100AD
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade- 32” 81.2cm inscription
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.79-80, 254-256] [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- Almost identical to the Korsoygaden sword. A grave slab in the church yard at Ebberston, near scarborough in Yorks also depicts a similar sword
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Canwick Common"
 
|[[File:sword_canwick.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Canwick]]
 
|'''England, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Canwick Common'''
 
:Current Location- British Museum (64738)
 
:Type-
 
:Find date- Unknown
 
:Total length- (Complete)
 
:Blade- 28” 71.1cm Illegible script of silver inlay ‘ANTANANTAN’. Broken half way down
 
:Hilt- Guard of Petersen type Q but pommel different.
 
:Scabbard- none
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99] [OAKESHOTT 1991:p.81]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, Peterbourgh, Raven’s Willow"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_raven.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ravens Willow ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, Peterbourgh, Raven’s Willow'''
 
:Also Known As- Wisbech Sword from the River Nene
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Petersen type N
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64] [DAVIDSON 1962:p.56, Pl.V no.31] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.24)]
 
:Comments- Later half of C9th
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Battersea"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_battersea.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Battersea ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, Battersea'''
 
:Current Location- Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford:P.R. 1555-2580
 
:Type-
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p.57] [WILSON 1964:pl. Vii & p.107] [WILSON 1965:p32-33 no.1]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Wales, Pembrokeshire, Smalls Reef"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_small_reef.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Small Reef ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''Wales, Pembrokeshire, Smalls Reef'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- dated to 1100-1125
 
:Find date-
 
:Total length- n/a
 
:Blade- missing
 
:Hilt- Guard of bronze decorated in urnes style
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [REDKNAP 2000:p.55]   
 
:Comments-
 
 
|}
 
 
== Swords that cannot be classified ==
 
''Swords that are too decayed to identify''
 
{|
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Sandy"
 
|width="100pt"|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, 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="Scotland, North Ayrshire, Lamlash, Mill Hill"
 
|See Below
 
|'''Scotland, North Ayrshire, Lamlash, Mill Hill'''
 
:Current Location- Scottish national Museum
 
:Type- Grave find
 
:Find Date- 1896
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- Single edged blade. Widest surviving fragment 60mm
 
:Hilt- Small (29mm) piece of guard survives. Part of wooden grip survives.
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BALFOUR and SCOTT 1910:p.223,224]  [GRIEG 1940:p.28]
 
:Comments- Considered by Balfour and Scott to be a possible Seax and described as probably having a hand grip log enough for 2 hands. Grieg describes this find as being no later than the mid C8th and hense possibly the oldest Viking burial in Scotland.
 
 
[[File:sword_mill_hill.jpg]]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Old Kirk 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, no guard or pommel
 
:Scabbard- none
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.23]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Windsor"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_winsor.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Windsor ]]
 
|'''England, London, River Thames, Windsor'''
 
:Current Location- British  Museum 1929,206.1
 
:Type- River find
 
:Find Date- 1929
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- pattern-welded blade
 
:Hilt- : unknown classification. long down-curved guard, stub of tang with copper alloy ribbed loop around it, pommel missing
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.44 no.11(no.33)] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=90077&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 www.britishmuseum.org]
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (-)"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (-)'''
 
:Current Location- Unknown
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.53] 
 
:Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’
 
 
|}
 
 
== Swords still awaiting classification==
 
''Swords so far unidentified by the authors''
 
{|
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, West Seaton"
 
|width="100pt"|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, West Seaton'''
 
:Current Location- Lost
 
:Type- Possible grave find
 
:Find Date- 1902-03
 
:Total Length: 80cm
 
:Blade- bent
 
:Hilt- 8cm
 
:Scabbard- description of the find suggests that it was found in its scabbard
 
:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:p.21] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Witherslack"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, Witherslack'''
 
:Current Location- Kendal Museum
 
:Type- Possible grave find
 
:Find Date- C19th
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.74] [EDWARDS 1998:p.22] 
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lancashire, Eaglesfield"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Eaglesfield'''
 
:Current Location- University of Newcastle, Museum of Antiquities
 
:Type- Possible grave find
 
:Find Date- 1814
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard
 
:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1992:p.28] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 194] [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-319-1/dissemination/pdf/Allerdale/Assessment/Cockermouth_and_Papcastle_assessment_report.pdf ahds.ac.uk]
 
:Comments- Cowen (1948) reports that that a  fragmentary sword was found in  1852 with a skeleton in Eaglesfield outside Cockermouth, the original label accompanying the sword fragment, in the Black gate Museum in Newcastle, read ‘part of a sword found by a skeleton at Egglesfield near Cockermouth’. The mention of the skeleton suggests that the sword came from a grave site.
 
Cowen (1948) cites Dickinson, writing in 1877, who mentions that at Brigham six skeletons and a sword were found. This could be evidence of a ‘Viking’ burial site and therefore possibly suggest Anglo Scandinavian settlement in the area
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, Kildale"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Yorkshire, Kildale'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- grave find
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
 
:Comments- The are 4 swords marked here on Richards map.
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Lancashire, Heysham"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Heysham'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- grave find
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Patrick, Ballabrooie"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Patrick, Ballabrooie'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type- Possible grave find
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 2008:p.51, 55]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Tynwald Hill"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Tynwald Hill'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date- 1937
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 2008:p.51]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Ballachrink, Jurby"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballachrink, Jurby'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date- 1881
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25] [WILSON 2008:p.27]
 
:Comments- part of blade and hilt
 
 
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Malew Parish Churchyard"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Malew Parish Churchyard'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25]
 
:Comments- 2 swords
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, King's Dyke"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, King's Dyke'''
 
:Current Location- Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, I, 326.
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt-
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.9)]
 
:Comments- found in River Nene on junction with King's Dyke.
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, River Cam, Clayhithe"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, River Cam, Clayhithe'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- 
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52(no.4)
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, Reading"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Reading'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade- destroyed during excavation
 
:Hilt-  Pommel and guard of gilt and silver
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.11,12]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Cowey Stakes"
 
|No Picture
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Reading'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- 
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p52(no.5)]
 
:Comments- near Shepperton
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Sherborne Lane"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_sherborne.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sherborne ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, Sherborne Lane'''
 
:Current Location- London Museum
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length- n/a
 
:Blade- None
 
:Hilt-  Only the Crossguard remains.
 
:Scabbard- n/a
 
:Bibliography-  [WHEELER 1935:p.181 fig.43] [WILSON 1964:p.108] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.73] [http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-37128&start=228&rows=1 London Museum]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_London.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London ]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London'''
 
:Current Location- London Museum 93.79/1
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length- n/a
 
:Blade- None
 
:Hilt-  Only the Crossguard remains. 90x22mm. Inlaid with silver and copper wire.
 
:Scabbard- n/a
 
:Bibliography-  [http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-38790&start=251&rows=1 London Museum]
 
:Comments-
 
 
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Westminster Palace"
 
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_westminster.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Westminster]]
 
|width="600pt"|'''England, London, Westminster Palace'''
 
:Current Location-
 
:Type-
 
:Find Date-
 
:Total Length-
 
:Blade-
 
:Hilt- 
 
:Scabbard-
 
:Bibliography-  [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.76]
 
:Comments-
 
 
 
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
[[Swords]]<br>
 
 
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