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− | ''Petersen | + | ''Petersen types M, P, Q, Y & AE . 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> | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Strathspey" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. L.A. 1 | ||
+ | :Type- Unknown. 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] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|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 of wooden handle. | ||
+ | :Scabbard- Parts of wood remain. | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.13] | ||
|- valign="top" id="Rampside" | |- valign="top" id="Rampside" | ||
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|'''Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard ''' | |'''Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard ''' | ||
:Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness | :Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
− | :Blade- | + | :Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD. |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type M | + | :Find Date- before 1909 |
+ | :Total Length- ? | ||
+ | :Blade- ? | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I | ||
+ | :Scabbard- none | ||
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Appleby" | |- valign="top" id="Appleby" | ||
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|'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland''' | |'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland''' | ||
:Current Location- Tullie House Museum | :Current Location- Tullie House Museum | ||
− | : | + | :Type- Grave find. 850-900AD. |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type M | + | :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] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="York1" | |- valign="top" id="York1" | ||
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|'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street''' | |'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street''' | ||
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum | :Current Location- Yorkshire Museum | ||
− | :Blade- | + | :Type- Unknown |
+ | :Find Date- Unknown | ||
+ | :Total Length- N/A | ||
+ | :Blade- Missing | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives. | :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] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Balladoyne" | |- valign="top" id="Balladoyne" | ||
|No Picture | |No Picture | ||
|'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns''' | |'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns''' | ||
− | :Current Location- Manx Museum | + | :Current Location- Manx Museum |
− | :Blade- | + | :Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). Undated. |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type M | + | :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] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | |- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | ||
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]] | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]] | ||
|width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | |width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | ||
− | :Current Location- London Museum A 3670 | + | :Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection. |
− | :Blade- | + | :Type- River find, C9th |
− | :Hilt- Classed by Wheeler as | + | :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] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | ||
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|- valign="top" id="Near London" | |- valign="top" id="Near London" | ||
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|'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | |'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | ||
:Current Location- London Museum A 17923 | :Current Location- London Museum A 17923 | ||
− | :Blade- | + | :Type- River find, Not before 900AD. |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type M | + | :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] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | ||
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Revision as of 19:42, 30 October 2012
Contents
Introduction
The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology.
Type I
Petersen types M, P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.
850AD? to 1025AD
In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway.
Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey
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Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard
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No Picture | Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard
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No Picture | Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
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No Picture | Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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No Picture | London, River Thames, Mortlake
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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London
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
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London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Kew
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London, Fetter Lane
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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Nottingham
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Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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London, River Thames, Windsor
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London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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Type VI Danish
Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?
Yorkshire, York, Camphill
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Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln
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Norfolk, Mileham
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London, River Thames, Staines
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London, River Thames, Shifford
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London, River Thames, Brentford
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London, River Thames, off the Temple
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London, River Thames, Kings Reach
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach
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Type VII
Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?
Petersen Type U, V
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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Cambs, River Nene
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Herts, River Lea, Hertford
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Herts, River Lea, Edmonton
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Petersen Type X
Cumbria, Workington, Lake District
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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York
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York
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Notts, Nottingham
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Notts, Fardon Church, Newark
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Type VIII
Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?
London, Battersea
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Type IX
Brazil Nut 1000AD to 1300AD?
Cawood |
Other Types
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
Reading
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Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh
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Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
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Lincolnshire, Canwich Common, Lincoln
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Berkshire, Tilehurst station
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Unknown Types
Swords so far unidentified
Lancs, Claughton Hall
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Lancs, Witherslack
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Nottingham
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London, River Thames
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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See Also
References
<nocite> ADAMS1974 BERSU1966 BJORN1940 DAVIDSON1962 LAKING1920 MARGESEN1997 OAKESHOTT1960 PEIRCE2002 ROESDAHL1981 THOMPSON2004 WATKIN1986 WILSON1965 WILSON2008 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>