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Swords of Types Unknown found in Britain

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/* England, Cumberland: Sayle Bottom, Great Asby */
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.84}}
:*{{ListWeb||[[https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=DDSx3kVT1RMC The Monthly Magazine Vol. XIII part 1 1802, p.115]]}}
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===England, Cumberland: Sayle Bottom, Great Asby===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1766
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- ''"On one side of it, but somewhat lower. lay a broad two-edged sword, broken in two, the whole blade measuring in length better than two feet, and two inches and an half broad; the head curiously wrought. On the other side lay the head of a spear, and some other instruments which Mr. Preston could not tell what to make of. All the instruments were nearly destroyed by rust"'' (Archaeologica Vol.IiI 1775)
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.85}}
:*{{ListWeb||[[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101076451390;view=1up;seq=339 "Account of opening one of the largest Barrows on Sandford Moor, Westmoreland, in a Letter from Mr. William Preston, dated Warcop Hall, Sept. 5, 1766, to Bishop Lyttelton", Archaeologica Vol.III 1775, p.273]]}}
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