For an overview of all of the swords found in Britain see Swords found in Britain.
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Wheeler Type I
Petersen types M & Q. Rygh 489 & 493.
850AD? to 1025AD
In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway.
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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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Related Types P, Y & AE
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Scotland, Moray, 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- [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.5] [GRIEG 1940:p.159] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1998:p.105] scran.ac.uk
- Comments- Grieg describes the sword as comming from Elginshire
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Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
- Current Location- Manx Museum
- Type- Found in a field near a burial.
- Find Date- Unknown
- Total Length- (fragmentary)
- Blade- no information
- Hilt- Probably Petersen type P. Traces of silver ornament on pommel and guard.
- Scabbard- None
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.25-26]
- Comments-
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England, Berkshire, Tilehurst station
- Current Location- Reading Museum
- Type- Unknown, found during road widening. C10th
- Find Date- Sept. 1917.
- Total Length- 23” (part of blade missing)
- Blade- Double edged – cap and upper guard are not separate.
- Hilt- Petersen type Y
- Scabbard- None
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58]
- Comments-
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References
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ANDERSON1872
BIDDLE1992
BIDDLE1997
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BJORN1940
EDWARDS1998
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL2004
GRIEG1940
RICHARDS2004
ROESDAHL1981
ROGERS1993
WILSON1965
WHEELER1927
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