Template:Sword Indexs
Wheeler II, Petersen B, C & H
'Norwegian 750AD to 960AD
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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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References
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ANDERSON1872
ANDERSON1879
BJORN1940
DAVIDSON1962
EDWARDS1992
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL2004
GRIEG1940
LAKING1920
OAKESHOTT1960
OAKESHOTT1962
OWEN1999
PENNANT1776
RICHARDS1995
RICHARDS2004
WILSON1965
WILSON2008
WHEELER1927
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