Template:Sword Indexs
Petersen Types F, N, U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?
Wheeler VII Petersen F & N
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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
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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-
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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
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Wheeler VII Petersen U & V
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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.
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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-
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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-
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England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56]
- Comments-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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Wheeler VII Petersen X
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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]
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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-
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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).
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References
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ADAMS1974
ANDERSON1872
BERSU1966
BIGSBY1854
BJORN1940
DAVIDSON1962
GRIEG1940
PEIRCE2002
RICHARDS2004
ROESDAHL1981
ROGERS1993
WILSON1965
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