Difference between revisions of "Swords of Type VII found in Britain"

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Find date- April 1851

Total length- 35"

Blade- 30" Double edged, 2" wide

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Comments- Identified from a water colour by Dr. Joseph Anderson. Current location of both the sword and watercolour is unknown.

Bibliography-

• Stewart, Hope. Notice of the Discovery of some ancient Arms and Armour nr. Glenfruin. 1854.
• Anderson, Joeseph (1874) 'Notes on the Relics of the Viking Period of the Northmen'.pp.536-94. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.10 p.569
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.15

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

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Comments-

Bibliography-

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.90

Current Location- Scottish Museum I.L. 315-325

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Hilt- Probably like Rygh 495 – but no pommel preserved.

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Bibliography-

• MacLeod, D. J. 'From Viking Graves in Colonsay', Purchases for the Museum and Library. 1898. pp.7-8. p.7
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.46, 47

Also Known As- Wisbech Sword from the River Nene

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Hilt- Petersen type N

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Comments- Later half of C9th

Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.61,63-64
• Davidson, Hilda, Ellis (1962) The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England. p.56, Pl.V no.31
• Wilson, David M. (1965) Some neglected late Anglo-Saxon swords. Medieval Archaeology: Vol.9 p.52 (no.24)

Current Location- Royal Scottish Museum

Type- Grave / Boat Burial

Find date- 1882

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Comments- Found with many other items including axe, spear and horse skeleton.

Bibliography-

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.48-49,60

Current Location-

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Find date- 1875

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Blade- 12 fragments – double edged

Hilt- Petersen type W? Identified as being similar to Petersen fig.123

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Bibliography-

• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.69-70

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Hilt- Petersen type V

Scabbard- found with remains of scabbard

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Bibliography-

• Bersu, Gerhard and Wilson, David M. (1966) Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1 p.52
• Isle of Man Government website

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Type- Grave no.3 - Male

Find date- 2011

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Bibliography-

• Paterson, Caroline; Parsons, Adam J.; Newman, Rachel M.; Johnson, Nick and Howard Davis, Christine (2014) Shadows in the Sand. Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton, Cumbria.

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• Davidson, Hilda, Ellis (1962) The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England. p.56

Current Location- Stolen from Hertford Museum

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Bibliography-

• Adams, B.D. (1974) 'A Sword of the Viking Period from the River Lea at Hertford'. pp.154-8. (Available Online) Medieval Archaeology: Vol.18 p.155-158

Current Location- British Museum 1915.0504.1

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Blade- pattern welded,

Hilt- Petersen type U, pommel inlaid with copper in chequered pattern

Scabbard-

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Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.60
• Davidson, Hilda, Ellis (1962) The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England. Pl.XI no.69
• Wilson, David M. (1965) Some neglected late Anglo-Saxon swords. Medieval Archaeology: Vol.9 p.52 (no.6)
• Heath, Ian (1985) The Vikings. Osprey: Elite 3 p.16
• Peirce, Ian (2002) Swords of the Viking Age. The Boydell Press. p.110

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Bibliography-

• Oakeshott, Ewart (1960) The Archaeology of Weapons. Lutterworth Press. 1960. p.137
• Wilson, David M. (1965) Some neglected late Anglo-Saxon swords. Medieval Archaeology: Vol.9 p.52 (no.2)

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.

Comments-

Bibliography-

• Anderson, Joeseph (1874) 'Notes on the Relics of the Viking Period of the Northmen'.pp.536-94. (Available Online) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Vol.10 p.566 no.3
• Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.171-172

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Type- Grave no.5 - Male

Find date- 2011

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Bibliography-

• Paterson, Caroline; Parsons, Adam J.; Newman, Rachel M.; Johnson, Nick and Howard Davis, Christine (2014) Shadows in the Sand. Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton, Cumbria.

Current Location- ?

Type- Possible Grave find

Find Date- before 1982

Total Length- ?

Blade- ?

Hilt- ?

Scabbard- None

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Bibliography-

• Paterson, Caroline; Parsons, Adam J.; Newman, Rachel M.; Johnson, Nick and Howard Davis, Christine (2014) Shadows in the Sand. Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton, Cumbria. p.164

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Hilt- Petersen type W or X

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Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.21-22

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Hilt- Petersen type X

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Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.23

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Hilt- Petersen type X

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Bibliography-

• Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. p.65 D15
• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.93

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Hilt- Petersen type X

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Bibliography-

• Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. p.65 D15
• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.93

Current Location-

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Total length- n/a

Blade- Missing

Hilt- Only a Petersen type X Pommel survives.

Scabbard- None

Comments-

Bibliography-

• Rogers, N. (1993) Anglian Finds from 46-54 Fishergate. York Archaeological Trust: 17/09 p.1432

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Hilt- Petersen type X

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Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.15-16
• Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. p.65 D15 (reference only)
• Richards, Julian D. (2004) Vikings in England. p.191
  

Current Location- British Museum 1906,612.1

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Find date- 1906

Total length- 87.1cm

Blade- 80.8cm (Complete), width 5cm

Hilt- Petersen type X or V

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Comments-

Bibliography-

• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 p.71
• www.britishmuseum.org

Current Location- Missing

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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).

Bibliography-

• Biddle, Martin, and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle (1992) 'Repton and the Vikings'. pp.38-51. Antiquity: Vol.66 p.40
• Biddle, Martin and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle (2001) Repton and the great heathen army, 873-4. In Graham-Campbell, James; Hall, Richard; Jesch, Judith and Parsons, David N. (eds.) (2001) Vikings and the Danelaw. Select Papers from the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Viking Congress. Viking Congress: 13 p.57