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Swords of Types Unknown found in Britain

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/* England, Cumbria: Sandford Moor, Morland */
===Isle of Man, Braddan: Old Kirk Braddan===
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:Current Location- Manx Museum1954-0458:Find Type- Burial in churchyard:Find Date- 1867
:Total Length- fragment
:Blade- only the upper part survives
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.23}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.108 p.89}}
:*{{ListWeb||[[https://www.imuseum.im/search/place_record/view/40?id=mnh-site-197441 iMuseum.im]]}}
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===[[:Category:England, LondonLancashire: River ThamesRampside|England, Vauxhall (-)Lancashire: Rampside 1854]]===
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:Current LocationType- Unknown:Find TypeGrave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD.:Find Date-1854 :Total Length-12"
:Blade-
:Hilt-unknown:Scabbard- none:Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G''"About the year 1854-5, William Jackson found in digging a grave an iron dagger or sword, much corroded. FIt was about twelve inches long and about one inch or so wide, with a straight guard about three inches long, and a " tongue " (tang) or handle, but no pommel or knob. Lawrence’:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|p<br>His grandson, my informant, was not present when this sword was found, but saw it afterwards.53}}}} == Swords still awaiting classification==Its present whereabouts is unknown."''Swords so far unidentified by the authors''  ===Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall Links Grave 10==={{Cat|:Current Location- :Find Type- Grave find:Find Date- :Total Length-:Blade- :Hilt- :Scabbard- :Comments- (Gaythorpe 1910 p.300)
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.3Gaythorpe 1910}}}} ===Scotland, Perth: Watergate==={{Cat|:Current Location- Perth Museum:Find Type- Stray find?:Find Date- :Total Length-:Blade- :Hilt- :Scabbard- :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|Żabiński Redmond 2007|noAppx.345 Ref.29}}}} ===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Witherslack|England, Cumbria: Witherslack]]==Seen={{Cat|:Current Location- Kendal Museum: KMA1979.269:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- 1898, at the foot of Whitbarrow Scar (Kendal Museum 2015):Total Length-:Blade- Pattern-welded (Kendal Museum 2015):Hilt- :Scabbard- :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.74}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.22}}:*[[http://www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/about-us/the-collections/curators-choice/viking-sword/ www.kendalmuseum.org.uk]]|i1=Kendal-web Sword Witherslack hilt.jpgLOST|i2Accession=Kendal-web Sword Witherslack.jpg}} ===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield|England, Cumbria: Eaglesfield]]==={{Cat|:Current Location- Great North Museum NEWMA : 1956.38.a:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- 1814:Total Length-:Blade- :Hilt- Decorated in silver. Probably a type H (Cowen 1967b):Scabbard:Comments- Cowen (1948) reports that that a fragmentary sword was found in 1852 with a skeleton in Eaglesfield outside Cockermouth, the original label accompanying the sword fragment, in the Black gate Museum in Newcastle, read ‘part of a sword found by a skeleton at Egglesfield near Cockermouth’. The mention of the skeleton suggests that the sword came from a grave site.:Cowen (1948) cites Dickinson, writing in 1877, who mentions that at Brigham six skeletons and a sword were found. This could be evidence of a ‘Viking’ burial site and therefore possibly suggest Anglo Scandinavian settlement in the area:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Cowen 1967|p.}}:*{{ListRef|Cowen 1967b|p.}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|p.28}}:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.191, 194}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.106, Appx.5 No.26}}:*{{ListWeb||[[http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-319-1/dissemination/pdf/Allerdale/Assessment/Cockermouth_and_Papcastle_assessment_report.pdf ahds.ac.uk]]}}{{ListWeb||[[http://collectionssearchtwmuseums.org.uk/#details=ecatalogue.668 Great North Museum]]}}|i1=Sword Eaglesfield - Hilt (Cowen 1967).JPG|i2=Sword Eaglesfield (Cowen 1967).JPG
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Kildale|England, North Yorkshire: Kildale 1]]===
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:Current Location- Lost, stolen.
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Kildale|England, North Yorkshire: Kildale 2]]===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost, stolen.
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Kildale|England, North Yorkshire: Kildale 3]]===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost, stolen.
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===England, YorkshireLondon: Kildale River Thames, Vauxhall (X-)===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost, stolen.Unknown:Find Type- grave find:Find Date- 1868
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen Type X:Scabbard- The sword was found in a scabbard. :Comments- One of 4 swords marked here on Richards mapWheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. Redmond records this as inhumation 1868F. Lawrence’
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004Wheeler 1927|p.19153}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.110, XLIII-XLIV}}:*{{ListWeb||[[http://www.teesarchaeology.com/downloads/documents/Viking_Booklet.pdf Reproduction of finds image from Elgee 1930 - teesarchaeology.com]]}} |i1=Kildale Sword - Hilt (Elgee 1930).JPG|i2=Kildale Sword (Elgee 1930).JPG
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== Swords still awaiting classification==
''Swords so far unidentified by the authors''
===Isle of ManScotland, PatrickOrkney, Westray: BallabrooiePierowall Links Grave 10===
{{Cat|
:Current Location-
:Find Type- Possible grave Grave find
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Scabbard-
:Comments-
:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Wilson 2008Żabiński 2007|pno.51, 553}}
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===Isle of ManScotland, GermanPerth: St.Johns, Tynwald HillWatergate===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Perth Museum:Find Type- Stray find?:Find Date- 1937
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Wilson 2008Żabiński 2007|pno.5134}}
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===Isle of Of Man, Jurby: BallachrinkJurby, St. Patrick Churchyard (2)===''see also Isle Of Man, Jurby: Jurby, St. Patrick Churchyard (1)''<br>
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?LOST?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1881?
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- part of blade and hilt "A second sword has also been found in the graveyard, but its fate is not clear."
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRefListWeb|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p[[https://www.25}}:*{{ListRef|Wilson 2008|pimuseum.im/search/place_record/view/40?id=mnh-site-196593 iMuseum.27im]]}}
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===Isle of Man, Malew: Malew Parish Churchyard===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- LOST?
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.25}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.109 p.89}}
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===England, Cumbria: Sayle Bottom, Great Asby===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1760-1770?
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- ''"A tumulus, in the neighbourhood of Garthorne-hall, was opened some forty years since, and several human bones, and a large sword found in it."'' (The Monthly Magazine 1802)
:Bibliography-
:*{{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, Cumbria: Sandford Moor, Morland===
''Sandford Moor, Westmoreland''<br>
{{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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===England, Lancashire: Meols===
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:Current Location-
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.88}}
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:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- Described as a complete late Saxon sword.It could be [[Swords found in Britain#England, Norfolk: (L)|England, Norfolk: (L)]]
:Bibliography-
:*[[http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF15748 Norfolk Heritage Explorer]]
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1965|p.52 List of river finds no.5}}
:*{{ListWeb||https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHHER_2046 www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk]]}}
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