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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===
{{Cat|
: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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===Isle of Of Man, PatrickJurby: BallabrooieJurby, St. Patrick Churchyard (2)===''see also Isle Of Man, Jurby: Jurby, St. Patrick Churchyard (1)''<br>
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?LOST?:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- ?
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard- :Comments- "A second sword has also been found in the graveyard, but its fate is not clear."
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRefListWeb|Wilson 2008|p[[https://www.51, 55imuseum.im/search/place_record/view/40?id=mnh-site-196593 iMuseum.im]]}}
}}
===Isle of Man, GermanMalew: St.Johns, Tynwald HillMalew Parish Churchyard===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- LOST?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1937
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- 2 swords:Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|Wilson 2008Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.5125}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.109 p.89}}
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===Isle of ManEngland, JurbyCumbria: BallachrinkSayle Bottom, Great Asby===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 18811760-1770?
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-:Comments- part ''"A tumulus, in the neighbourhood of blade Garthorne-hall, was opened some forty years since, and hilt several human bones, and a large sword found in it."'' (The Monthly Magazine 1802)
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940Redmond 2007|pAppx.255 no.84}}:*{{ListRefListWeb|Wilson 2008|[[https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=DDSx3kVT1RMC The Monthly Magazine Vol. XIII part 1 1802, p.27115]]}}
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===Isle of ManEngland, MalewCumbria: Malew Parish ChurchyardSandford Moor, Morland===''Sandford Moor, Westmoreland''<br>
{{Cat|
:Current Location- ?
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1766
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- 2 swords''"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|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940Redmond 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.25273]]}}
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===England, CumberlandLancashire: Sayle Bottom, Great AsbyMeols===
{{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."''
: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]]88}}
}}
: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]]