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.
Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology
Viking Age swords found in Britain
Type I
Petersen Types M & O. 850AD? to 1025AD
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Cumbria, Rampside
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
- Comments-
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Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
- Comments-
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Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
- Type- M?
- Current Location- ?
- Blade- none
- Hilt- only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives.
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30]
- Comments-
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Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26]
- Comments-
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
- Type- O
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58]
- Comments-
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
- Comments-
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
- Comments- wooden handle covered in linen.
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London, River Thames, Kew
- Type- O
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90]
- Comments-
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
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Herts, River Lea, Enfield
- Type- C
- Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)] [LAKING 1920:p.16]
- Comments- from a possible boat burial
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
- Type- H
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81]
- Comments-
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
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Isle of Man Cronk Moar
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72]
- Comments- found with remains of scabbard
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London
- Type- R
- Current Location-
- Blade- None
- Hilt- Only the pommel of the sword survives
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WHEELER 1927:p.53]
- Comments-
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80]
- Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
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London, Chertsey
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.98][1]
- Comments-
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
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Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
- Type- O
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19]
- Comments-
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
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Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927: p.35]
- Comments-
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Hurbuck, Durham
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.76]
- Comments-
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.109] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.44] [WATKIN 1986:p.93-99]
- Comments-
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [THOMPSON 2004:p.110] [DAVIDSON 1962:p54] [WILSON 1965: no.9]
- Comments-
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.22][WILSON 2008:p.54]
- Comments-
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.23]
- Comments- missing pommel
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Nottingham
- Type- L
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography-
- Comments-
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See Also
References
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