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Swords of Type I found in Britain
850AD? to 1025AD
Swords of Type II found in Britain
Norwegian 750AD to 960AD

Type III Danish

Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?

	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-
File:Sword london.jpg 100x150px	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-
File:Sword temple.jpg 100x150px	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)] British Museum Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
File:Sword chertsey.jpg 100x150px	England, London, Chertsey Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type S Scabbard- Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.98]www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk Comments-
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-

Type IV Frankish

Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD

Petersen Type K

	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-
	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-
	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- PAS Comments-
No Picture	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-
	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] British Museum Comments- the BM website dates this pommel to the late C8th and Wheeler dates it to c.800AD.

Petersen Type O

	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-
	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-
	Isle of Man, Type O Pommel Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type O Scabbard- Bibliography- iomtoday.co.im Comments-
	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] www.britishmuseum.org Comments-

Type V English

Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD

	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-
	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-
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-
	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-
	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-
	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-
	England, Yorkshire, Acomb Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Scabbard- Bibliography- [YOUNG 1984][ROGERS 1993:p.1431] Comments-
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-
File:Sword bedale hoard.jpg 100x150px	England, Yorkshire, Bedale Hoard Current Location- Type- Find date- 2012 Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Scabbard- Bibliography- PAS Comments-
	England, Yorkshire, York, Coppergate (L) Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Scabbard- Bibliography- [OTTAWAY 1992:p.3943] Comments-
	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-
	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-
	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-
	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
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.
	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.
	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)]
	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-
File:Sword hauxton.jpg 100x150px	England, Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Scabbard- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.35] Comments-
	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.
	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-
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]www.britishmuseum.org Comments-
	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-
	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-
	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-
	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-
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-
File:Sword london l.jpg 100x150px	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-
	Unprovenanced Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Petersen type L Scabbard- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965: no.13] Comments-

Type VI Danish

Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?

No Picture	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
No Picture	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
	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-
	England, Norfolk, Mileham Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.52] [WILSON 1965:no.7] Comments-
	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-
	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-
	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-
File:Sword off temple.jpg 100x150px	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-
	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-
	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.
	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-
File:Sword vauxhall Lv.jpg 100x150px	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-
	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-
	Wales (Lv) Current Location- Type- Find Date- 2002 Total Length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- PAS Comments-

Type VII

Petersen Types F, N, U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?

Petersen Type F, N

No Picture	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
No Picture	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-
	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

Petersen Type U, V

	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.
No Picture	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-
	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-
No Picture	England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene Current Location- Type- Find date- Total length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56] Comments-
	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-
	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-
No Picture	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-

Petersen Type X

	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-
No Picture	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-
	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-
File:Sword yorkX1.jpg 100x150px	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-
	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-
	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-
File:Sword nottinghamX.jpg 100x150px	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 farndon church.jpg 100x150px	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-
	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).

Type VIII

Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?

File:Sword ouse.jpg 100x150px

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]

Type IX

1000AD to 1300AD?
No known swords from Britain

Type X

1050AD to 1300AD?

	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.
File:Sword witham X1.jpg 100x150px	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-
File:Sword witham X2.jpg 100x150px	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-
File:Sword northumberland.jpg 100x150px	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-
File:Sword whittlesea.jpg 100x150px	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-
File:Sword newbury.jpg 100x150px	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-

Unique Swords and those of other styles

Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler

File:Sword eigg.jpg 100x150px	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-
	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
File:Sword canwick.jpg 100x150px	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]
File:Sword raven.jpg 100x150px	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
	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-
	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

No Picture	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]
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.
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]
	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
No Picture	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

No Picture	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-
No Picture	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-
No Picture	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
No Picture	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.
No Picture	England, Lancashire, Heysham Current Location- Type- grave find Find Date- Total Length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191] Comments-
No Picture	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-
No Picture	Isle of Man, Tynwald Hill Current Location- Type- Find Date- 1937 Total Length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [WILSON 2008:p.51] Comments-
No Picture	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
No Picture	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
No Picture	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.
No Picture	England, Cambridgeshire, River Cam, Clayhithe Current Location- Type- Find Date- Total Length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52(no.4) Comments-
No Picture	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-
No Picture	England, Berkshire, Reading Current Location- Type- Find Date- Total Length- Blade- Hilt- Scabbard- Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p52(no.5)] Comments- near Shepperton
	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-
	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-
	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

References

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