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.
The swords in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include swords from 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 swords possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.
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.
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Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, 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]
- Comments-
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England, Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard
- Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness BAWMS.09000
- 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] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
- Comments-
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England, 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] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
- Comments-
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England, 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] [MacGREGOR 1985:p.167] [ROGERS 1993:p.1431]
- Comments-
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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]
- Comments-
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England, Derbyshire, Repton (M)
- 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]
- Comments-
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England, Berkshire, Reading
- Current Location-
- Find Date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Pommel missing. Hilt and guard decorated in gripping beasts.
- Scabbard-
- 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.
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England, 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] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.21)]
- Comments-
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England, 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] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.22)]
- Comments-
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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 of wood still attached to tang.
- Scabbard- remains of wood still attached to two of the blade fragments
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.165]
- Comments-
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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]
- Comments-
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Scotland, Orkney, Scar
- Current Location-
- Type- Boat Burial
- Find date- 1991
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type H
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999:p.108]
- Comments-
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Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Sweindrow
- Current Location- National Museum of Scotland I.L. 191-192
- Type- Unknown. Found by ploughing.
- Find Date- 1826
- Total length-
- 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]
- Comments-
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay, Ballinaby
- Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
- Type- Grave Find
- Find date- 1878
- Total length-
- 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]
- Comments-
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England, Cumbria, Aspatria
- Current Location- Lost
- Type-
- Find Date- 1789AD
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Pommel missing. Probably a Wheeler type I or II.
- Scabbard- none
- Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1992:p.43-44] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] [WILSON 2008:p.52]
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England, Derbyshire, Ingleby mound 7
- Current Location-
- Type- Grave Find
- Find date- 1948
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type H.
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [RICHARDS 1995:p.54, 69] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 196]
- Comments-
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England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Enfield
- Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.
- Type- from a possible boat burial
- Find date-
- Total Length-
- 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:p.135] [DAVIDSON 1962:pl.XI no.75] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)]
- Comments-
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England, Berkshire, Sonning
- Current Location-
- Type- burial
- Find date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type H
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
- Comments-
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England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (H)
- Current Location- London Museum 13591
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- 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]
- Comments-
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England, London, River Thames, Mortlake
- Current Location- ?
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade- single-edged
- Hilt- none but Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135]
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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] www.britishmuseum.org
- Comments-
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England, Yorkshire, Acomb
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [YOUNG 1984][ROGERS 1993:p.1431]
- Comments-
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England, Yorkshire, Bedale
- Current Location- British Museum
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]
- Comments-
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England, Yorkshire, Bedale Hoard
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date- 2012
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- PAS
- Comments-
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England, Yorkshire, York, Coppergate (L)
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [OTTAWAY 1992:p.3943]
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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)]
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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-
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England, Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35]
- Comments-
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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.
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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-
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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]www.britishmuseum.org
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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Unprovenanced
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type L
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13]
- Comments-
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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
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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
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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] www.britishmuseum.org
- Comments-
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England, Norfolk, Mileham
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.52] [WILSON 1965:no.7]
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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)] 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.
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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-
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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-
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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] Tullie House Museum
- Comments-
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Wales (Lv)
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find Date- 2002
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- PAS
- Comments-
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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.
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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-
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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][1]
- Comments-
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England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56]
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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]
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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] www.britishmuseum.org
- Comments-
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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).
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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.
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.
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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] www.historyofyork.org.uk 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
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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]
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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
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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-
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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-
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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)] www.britishmuseum.org
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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’
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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-
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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-
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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] 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
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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.
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England, Lancashire, Heysham
- Current Location-
- Type- grave find
- Find Date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
- Comments-
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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-
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Isle of Man, Tynwald Hill
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find Date- 1937
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WILSON 2008:p.51]
- Comments-
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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
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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
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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.
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England, Cambridgeshire, River Cam, Clayhithe
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find Date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52(no.4)
- Comments-
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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-
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England, Berkshire, Reading
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find Date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p52(no.5)]
- Comments- near Shepperton
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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] London Museum
- Comments-
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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- London Museum
- Comments-
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England, London, Westminster Palace
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find Date-
- Total Length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.76]
- Comments-
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