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Swords of Type VII found in Britain

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''Petersen Types F, N, U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? ''

== Wheeler VII Petersen F & N==

{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound"
|width="100pt"|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''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

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Westray, Pierowall"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_colonsay.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Colonsay]]
|width="600pt"|'''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 ==
{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Argyll and Bute , Colonsay, Kiloran Bay"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_kiloran.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Kiloran Bay]]
|width="600pt"|'''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.

|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Highland, Eigg, Grave III"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Ballateare"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ballateare.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballateare]]
|width="600pt"|'''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][http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/archaeology/vikings/ballatearesword.xml]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, River Nene'''
:Current Location-
:Type-
:Find date-
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56]
:Comments-


|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Hertford"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hertford.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Hertford]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Hertfordshire, River Lea, Edmonton"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_edmonton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Edmonton]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, River Thames, Bray"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''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 ==
{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Orkney, Sanday, Sties"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_Sanday_Sties.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sties]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, Workington, Lake District"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_knoc.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Knoc]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York (X1)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX1.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York (X2)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_yorkX2.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=York]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Yorkshire, York, Fishergate (X)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_york_fishergateX.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Fishergate]]
|width="600pt"|'''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-

|- valign="top" id="England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham (X)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nottinghamX.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Nottingham]]
|width="600pt"|'''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]

[[File:sword_nottinghamX_Full.jpg|alt=Nottingham]]

|- valign="top" id="England, Nottinghamshire, Newark, Farndon Church"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_farndon_church.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Farndon]]
|width="600pt"|'''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] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65112&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 www.britishmuseum.org]
:Comments-

|- valign="top" id="England, Derbyshire, Repton (X)"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_repton_X.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Repton]]
|width="600pt"|'''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
</nocite>
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