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Swords of Types Unknown found in Britain

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== Swords that cannot be classified Unclassified swords - too decayed ==
''Swords that are too decayed to identify''
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|- valign="top" id="=Scotland, Orkney, Sandy"|widthRousay: Grave 34b==="100pt"|No Picture{{Cat|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Sandy''':Current Location- National Museum of Scotland.:Find Type- Grave
:Find Date-
:Total Lengthlength- :Blade- Double edged. :Hilt- Part of guard is preserved. The pommel and upper guard are missing. May have been the same as Petersen fig.87 but not enough survives to possitivly classify the sword.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.88]  |- valign="top" id="Scotland, North Ayrshire, Lamlash, Mill Hill"|See Below|'''Scotland, North Ayrshire, Lamlash, Mill Hill''':Current Location- Scottish national Museum:Type- Grave find:Find Date- 1896:Total Length- :Blade- Single edged blade. Widest surviving fragment 60mm:Hilt- Small H (29mmŻabiński 2007) piece of guard survives. Part of wooden grip survives.
:Scabbard-
:Comments- :Bibliography- [BALFOUR and SCOTT 1910:p*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.223,224] [GRIEG 1940:p.28]10}}:Comments|i1=Zabinski- Considered by Balfour and Scott to be a possible Seax and described as probably having a hand grip log enough for 2 hands. Grieg describes this find as being no later than the mid C8th and hense possibly the oldest Viking burial in ScotlandSword Rousay 10.JPG}}
[[File:sword_mill_hill.jpg]] |- valign="top" id="=Isle of Man, Braddan: Old Kirk Braddan"==={{Cat|No Picture|'''Isle of Man, Old Kirk Braddan''':Current Location- Manx Museum1954-0458:Find Type- Burial in churchyard:Find Date- 1867
:Total Length- fragment
:Blade- only the upper part survives
:Hilt- missing, no guard or pommel
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: *{{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]] }}}}
|- valign="top" id="England, Berkshire, Drayton"|widthUnclassified swords - Lost="100pt"|[[File:sword_drayton.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Drayton ]]|'''England, Berkshire, Drayton''':Current Location- Ashmolean Museum 1966.1158:Type- by ploughing:Find Date- 1966:Total Length- 59.5cm (incomplete):Blade- pattern-welded blade:Hilt- Pommel missing. Crossguard similar to the Windsor sword:Scabbard- None:Bibliography- [HINTON 1974:p.17 no.9]
|- valign="top" id="England=Scotland, BerkshireShetland, River Thames, Windsor"|widthDunrossness: Sumburgh Airport =="100pt"|[[File:sword_winsor.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Windsor ]]{{Cat|'''England, Berkshire, River Thames, Windsor''':Current Location- British Museum 1929,206.1Lost:Find Type- River find:Find Date- 1929:Total Lengthlength- :Blade- pattern-welded blade :Hilt- : unknown classificationUnknown (Żabiński 2007). long down-curved guard, stub of tang with copper alloy ribbed loop around it, pommel missing:Scabbard- :Comments- :Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.44 *{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.11 (no.33)] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=90077&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1 www.britishmuseum.org]}}}}
|- valign="top" id="England=Scotland, LondonOuter Hebrides, River Thames, Vauxhall (-)"Harris: St Kilda==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, London, River Thames, Vauxhall (-)''':Current Location- UnknownLost:Find Type-:Find Date-:Total Lengthlength-:Blade- :Hilt-Unknown (Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard- :Comments- :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.53] 13}}:Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’}}
===Scotland, Outer Hebrides, South Uist: Bebencula==={{Cat|:Current Location- Lost:Find Type- :Find Date- :Total length-:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard - :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.14}}}}
== Swords still awaiting classification==''Swords so far unidentified by the authors'' {||- valign="top" id="Scotland, SutherlandArgyll and Bute, Balnakeil"|widthTiree: Cornaigbeg ==="100pt"| see web link{{Cat|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Sutherland, Balnakeil''':Current Location- National Museum of Scotland, X.1992.22.1Lost:Find Type- Grave find:Find Date- 1992:Total Length: length-:Blade- :Hilt- domed pommel - type X? with decorated cross bar. Unknown (Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard- remains:Bibliography- [http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/search-our-collections/collection-item/?item_id=234400&search=description='viking sword'&startfrom=1 National Museum of Scotland] Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.140-142
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.19}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="England=Scotland, CumbriaArgyll and Bute, West Seaton"|widthColonsay: Traigh Nam Barck ==="100pt"|No Picture{{Cat|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, West Seaton'''
:Current Location- Lost
:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- 1902-03:Total Length: 80cmlength-:Blade- bent :Hilt- 8cmUnknown (Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard- description of the find suggests that it was found in its scabbard:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:p.21]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.22}}
}}
 
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Gigha: ===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).
:Scabbard -
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.26}}
}}
 
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Bute: Drumachlay ===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).
:Scabbard -
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.27}}
}}
 
===England, Cumbria, Penrith ===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost
:Find Type-
:Find Date- early C17th
:Total length-
:Blade-
:Hilt- Unknown
:Scabbard -
:Comments- found in the location of 2 crosses and 4 hogbacks.
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.95-96}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.106, Appx.5 No.24}}
}}
 
===[[:Category:England, Lancashire: Rampside|England, Lancashire: Rampside 1854]]===
{{Cat|
:Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD.
:Find Date- 1854
:Total Length- 12"
:Blade-
:Hilt- unknown
:Scabbard- none
:Comments- ''"About the year 1854-5, William Jackson found in digging a grave an iron dagger or sword, much corroded. It 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.<br>His grandson, my informant, was not present when this sword was found, but saw it afterwards. Its present whereabouts is unknown."'' (Gaythorpe 1910 p.300)
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Gaythorpe 1910}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 Ref.29}}
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===[[:Category:England, North Yorkshire: Kildale|England, North Yorkshire: Kildale 1]]===
{{Cat|
:Current Location- Lost, stolen.
:Find Type- grave find
:Find Date- 1867
:Total Length-
:Blade- Broken
:Hilt- Unknown
:Scabbard-
:Comments- One of 4 swords marked here on Richards map. Redmond records this as 1st inhumation 1868. Found with Knife, copper-ally tweezers, Scales, lead weight, a copper-alloy plate and a box with a sliding lid.
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.191}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.110, XLIII-XLIV}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="=[[:Category:England, Cumbria, Witherslack"North Yorkshire: Kildale|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, Witherslack'''North Yorkshire: Kildale 2]]==={{Cat|:Current Location- Kendal MuseumLost, stolen.:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- C19th1867
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- One of 4 swords marked here on Richards map. Redmond records this as 2nd inhumation 1868. Found with a spear.:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.74] [EDWARDS 1998191}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.22] :Comments110, XLIII- XLIV}}}}
|- valign="top" id="=[[:Category:England, Lancashire, Eaglesfield"North Yorkshire: Kildale|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Eaglesfield'''North Yorkshire: Kildale 3]]==={{Cat|:Current Location- University of NewcastleLost, Museum of Antiquitiesstolen.:Find Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- 18141867
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard- :Comments- One of 4 swords marked here on Richards map. Redmond records this as 3rd inhumation 1868. Found with a spear.:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1992:*{{ListRef|Richards 2004|p.28] [RICHARDS 2004191}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.191110, 194] [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/archXLIII-319-1/dissemination/pdf/Allerdale/Assessment/Cockermouth_and_Papcastle_assessment_report.pdf ahds.ac.uk]XLIV}}: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}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, YorkshireLondon: River Thames, Kildale"Vauxhall (-)==={{Cat|No Picture:Current Location- Unknown:Find Type-:Find Date-:Total Length-:Blade- :Hilt-:Scabbard- :Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|width="600pt"Wheeler 1927|p.53}}}} == Swords still awaiting classification==''Swords so far unidentified by the authors'England'  ===Scotland, YorkshireOrkney, Kildale'''Westray: Pierowall Links Grave 10==={{Cat|
:Current Location-
:Find Type- grave Grave find
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:BibliographyComments- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]:CommentsBibliography- The are 4 swords marked here on Richards map:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.3}}}}
|- valign="top" id="England=Scotland, Lancashire, Heysham"Perth: Watergate==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Heysham''':Current Location- Perth Museum:Find Type- grave Stray find?
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:p.191]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.34}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="=Isle of Of Man, Jurby: Jurby, St. PatrickChurchyard (2)===''see also Isle Of Man, Ballabrooie"Jurby: Jurby, St. Patrick Churchyard (1)''<br>{{Cat|No Picture|width=:Current Location- ?LOST?:Find Type- :Find Date- ?:Total Length-:Blade- :Hilt- :Scabbard-:Comments- "600ptA second sword has also been found in the graveyard, but its fate is not clear.":Bibliography- :*{{ListWeb|'''|[[https://www.imuseum.im/search/place_record/view/40?id=mnh-site-196593 iMuseum.im]]}}}} ===Isle of Man, Patrick, Ballabrooie'''Malew: Malew Parish Churchyard==={{Cat|:Current Location- LOST?:Find Type- Possible grave find
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- 2 swords:Bibliography- [WILSON 2008:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.51, 55]25}}:Comments- *{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.109 p.89}}}}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, Tynwald Hill"Cumbria: Sayle Bottom, Great Asby==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Tynwald Hill''':Current Location- ?:Find Type- :Find Date- 19371760-1770?
: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||[WILSON 2008[https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=DDSx3kVT1RMC The Monthly Magazine Vol. XIII part 1 1802, p.51115]]}}:Comments- }}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, BallachrinkCumbria: Sandford Moor, Jurby"Morland===|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of ManSandford Moor, Ballachrink, Jurby'Westmoreland''<br>{{Cat|:Current Location- ?:Find Type- :Find Date- 18811766
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:BibliographyComments- [BJORN ''"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 SHETELIG 1940two 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):pBibliography- :*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.25] 5 no.85}}:*{{ListWeb||[[WILSON 2008https://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.27273]]}}:Comments- part of blade and hilt}}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, Malew Parish Churchyard"Lancashire: Meols==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Malew Parish Churchyard'''
:Current Location-
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.25] 5 no.88}}}} ===England, Norfolk: River Little Ouse, Hockwold cum Wilton==={{Cat|:Current Location- Unknown: NHER 15748:Find Type- :Find Date- 1978:Total Length-:Blade- In two parts. Bent in two with a hole drilled at the bend.:Hilt- :Scabbard- :Comments- 2 swordsDescribed 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]]}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, Cambridgeshire, : King's Dyke"==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, King's Dyke'''
:Current Location- Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, I, 326.
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.9)]
:Comments- found in River Nene on junction with King's Dyke.
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1965|p.52 (no.9)}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, Cambridgeshire, : River Cam, Clayhithe"==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Cambridgeshire, River Cam, Clayhithe'''
:Current Location-
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p.52(no.4)
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1965|p.52 (no.4)}}
:*Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vol.33. (1933) p.167 pl.viii,b
|i1h=90px
|i1=Proc.C.A.S. Vol.33 Sword-Clayhithe.JPG
}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, Berkshire: Shepperton, Reading"Cowey Stakes==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Reading'''
:Current Location-
:Type- :Find Date- :Total Length-:Blade- destroyed during excavation:Hilt- Pommel and guard of gilt and silver :Scabbard- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.11,12] :Comments-  |- valign="top" id="England, London, Cowey Stakes"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Berkshire, Reading''':Current Location- :Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- :Bibliography- [WILSON 1965:p52(*{{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]] }}}} ===England, Berkshire: Reading, Old Windsor==={{Cat|:Current Location- Reading Museum: REDMG: 1997.35.62:Find Type- Excavation:Find Date- 1953-1958:Total Length- n/a:Blade- none:Hilt- Only cross-guard survives. Swedish in style (Reading Museum 2015):Scabbard- none:Comments- near SheppertonFrom the excavations of the Saxon palace at Old Windsor by Brian Hope-Taylor, 1953 to 1958.:Bibliography-:*[[http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=%20{collection}={archaeology}%20AND%20({date}=*{11th%20century})&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=1 readingmuseum.org.uk]]|i1=Reading-web Sword Old Windsor.jpg}}
{{Seen|- valignMuseum of London}}=="top" id="England, London, : Sherborne Lane"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_sherborne.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sherborne ]]={{Cat|width="600pt"|'''England, London, Sherborne Lane''':Current Location- London Museumof London::Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length- n/a
:Hilt- Only the Crossguard remains.
:Scabbard- n/a
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1935:p.181 fig.43] [WILSON 1964:p.108] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.73] [http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-37128&start=228&rows=1 London Museum]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1935|p.181 fig.43}}
:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1964|p.108}}
:*{{ListRef|Davidson 1962|Pl.XI no.73}}
:*[[http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-37128&start=228&rows=1 London Museum]]
|i1=sword_sherborne.jpg
}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, London"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_London.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=London ]]=={{Cat|width="600pt"|'''England, London''':Current Location- Museum of London Museum : 93.79/1:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length- n/a
:Hilt- Only the Crossguard remains. 90x22mm. Inlaid with silver and copper wire.
:Scabbard- n/a
:Bibliography- [http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-38790&start=251&rows=1 London Museum]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*[[http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-38790&start=251&rows=1 London Museum]]
|i1=sword_London.jpg
}}
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|- valign="top" id="=England, London, : Westminster Palace"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_westminster_palace.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Westminster]]={{Cat|width="600pt"|'''England, London, Westminster Palace'''
:Current Location-
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XI no.76]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Davidson 1962|Pl.XI no.76}}
|i1=sword_westminster_palace.jpg
}}
|- valign="top" id="=England, Devon, : Exeter"|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_exeter.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Exeter]]={{Cat|width="600pt"|'''England, Devon, Exeter''':Current Location- British Museum, Bm : 1875,6-170617.15:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1833
:Total Length- N/A
:Blade- N/A
:Hilt- Only the pommel guard survives. Inscription: EOFRI ME F (BM Website 2015)
:Scabbard- N/A
:Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.XIII no.84] [WILSON 1964:p.130-131 no.17 pl.xvii]
:Comments-
:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Davidson 1962|Pl.XIII no.84}}<noinclude>:*{{ListRef|Wilson 1964|p.130-131 no.17 pl.xvii}} ==References==<nocite>BJORN1940DAVIDSON1962EDWARDS1992EDWARDS1998RICHARDS2004WILSON1964WILSON1965WILSON2008</nocite><biblio force=false>#:*[[Templatehttp:Bib//www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=96939&partId=1 www.BritishMuseum.org]]</biblio><HarvardReferences />|i1=sword_exeter.jpg </noinclude>}}
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