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== Swords that cannot be classified Unclassified swords - too decayed ==
''Swords that are too decayed to identify''
===Scotland, Orkney, SandyRousay: Grave 34b==={||- valign="top" |width="135pt"| No Picture{Cat|: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- ::*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}|} ===Scotland, North Ayrshire, Lamlash, Mill Hill==={||- valign="top" |width="135pt"| See Below|: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- 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 hence possibly the oldest Viking burial in Scotland.:Bibliography- ::*{{ListRef|Balfour & Scott 1910Żabiński 2007|pno.223,22410}}::*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|pi1=Zabinski-Sword Rousay 10.28JPG}}|}<gallery heights="80px" mode="Packed">sword_mill_hill.jpg</gallery>
===Isle of Man, Braddan: Old Kirk Braddan==={||- valign="top" |width="135pt"|No Picture{Cat|:Current Location- Manx Museum1954-0458:Find Type- Burial in churchyard:Find Date- 1867
:Total Length- fragment
:Blade- only the upper part survives
:Scabbard- none
: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]]}}}}
==Unclassified swords - Lost=England= ===Scotland, BerkshireShetland, DraytonDunrossness: Sumburgh Airport ==={{Cat||:Current Location- valign="top" Lost:Find Type- :Find Date- :Total length-:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard - :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|widthŻabiński 2007|no.1}}}} ="135pt"==Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Harris: St Kilda==={{Cat| [[File:sword_draytonCurrent Location- Lost:Find Type- :Find Date- :Total length-:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).jpg:Scabbard - :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|thumbŻabiński 2007|100x150pxno.13}}}} ===Scotland, Outer Hebrides, South Uist: Bebencula==={{Cat|left:Current Location- Lost:Find Type- :Find Date- :Total length-:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).:Scabbard - :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|altŻabiński 2007|no.14}}}} ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Tiree: Cornaigbeg ===Drayton ]]{{Cat|:Current Location- Ashmolean MuseumLost: 1966Find Type- :Find Date- :Total length-:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).1158:Scabbard - :Comments- :Bibliography-:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.19}}}} ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Traigh Nam Barck ==={{Cat|:Current Location- Lost:Find Type- by ploughing:Find Date- 1966:Total Lengthlength- 59:Blade- :Hilt- Unknown (Żabiński 2007).5cm :Scabbard - :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 (incompleteŻabiński 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- pattern :Hilt-welded bladeUnknown (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- Pommel missingUnknown :Scabbard - :Comments- found in the location of 2 crosses and 4 hogbacks. Crossguard similar to :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 Windsor 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}}|Seen=|Museum= LOST|Accession= |i1= |i2=}} ===[[: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- None: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|Hinton 1974Richards 2004|p.17 no.9191}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.110, XLIII-XLIV}}}}
===[[:Category:England, BerkshireNorth Yorkshire: Kildale|England, River Thames, WindsorNorth Yorkshire: Kildale 2]]==={||- valign="top" |width="135pt"|[[File:sword_winsor.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Windsor ]]{Cat|:Current Location- British Museum: 1929Lost,206stolen.1:Find Type- River grave find:Find Date- 19291867:Total Length- :Blade- pattern-welded blade:Hilt- Unknown classification. long down-curved guard, stub of tang with copper alloy ribbed loop around it, pommel missing
:Scabbard-
:Comments- One of 4 swords marked here on Richards map. Redmond records this as 2nd inhumation 1868. Found with a spear.
:Bibliography-
::*{{ListRef|Wilson 1965Richards 2004|p.44 no.11 (no.33)191}}::*[http://www{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.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]110, XLIII-XLIV}}|}}
===[[:Category:England, LondonNorth Yorkshire: Kildale|England, River Thames, Vauxhall (-)North Yorkshire: Kildale 3]]==={{Cat||:Current Location- valign="top" Lost, stolen.:Find Type- grave find:Find Date- 1867: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- :*{{ListRef|width="135pt"Richards 2004|p.191}}No Picture:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.110, XLIII-XLIV}}}} ===England, London: River Thames, Vauxhall (-)==={{Cat|
:Current Location- Unknown
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Comments- Wheeler only mentions ‘Information from Mr G. F. Lawrence’
:Bibliography-
::*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|p.53}}|}}
== Swords still awaiting classification==
''Swords so far unidentified by the authors''
{|
|- valign="top" id="Scotland, Sutherland, Balnakeil"
|width="100pt"| see web link
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Sutherland, Balnakeil'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland, X.1992.22.1
:Type- Grave find
:Find Date- 1992
:Total Length:
:Blade-
:Hilt- domed pommel - type X? with decorated cross bar. (Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998)
: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-
|- valign="top" id="England, Cumbria, West Seaton"|width="100pt"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''EnglandScotland, CumbriaOrkney, West Seaton'''Westray:Current Location- Lost:Type- Possible grave find:Find Date- 1902-03:Total Length: 80cm:Blade- bent:Hilt- 8cm:Scabbard- description of the find suggests that it was found in its scabbard:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:p.21] :Comments- |- valignPierowall Links Grave 10=="top" id="England, Cumbria, Witherslack"{{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Cumbria, Witherslack''':Current Location- Kendal Museum:Find Type- Possible grave Grave find:Find Date- C19th
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.74] [EDWARDS 1998:p.22]
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.3}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="England=Scotland, Lancashire, Eaglesfield"Perth: Watergate==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Eaglesfield''':Current Location- University of Newcastle, Perth Museum of Antiquities:Find Type- Possible grave Stray find?:Find Date- 1814
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard- :BibliographyComments- [EDWARDS 1992:p.28] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 194] [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/archBibliography-319-1/dissemination/pdf/Allerdale/Assessment/Cockermouth_and_Papcastle_assessment_report.pdf ahds.ac.uk]: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*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.34}}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=Isle Of Man, YorkshireJurby: Jurby, Kildale"|No Picture|widthSt. Patrick Churchyard (2)="600pt"|=='''Englandsee also Isle Of Man, YorkshireJurby: Jurby, Kildale'St. Patrick Churchyard (1)''<br>{{Cat|:Current Location- ?LOST?:Find Type- 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- :*{{ListWeb||[RICHARDS 2004[https:p//www.191]:Commentsimuseum.im/search/place_record/view/40?id=mnh- The are 4 swords marked here on Richards mapsite-196593 iMuseum.im]]}}}}
|- valign="top" id="England=Isle of Man, Lancashire, Heysham"Malew: Malew Parish Churchyard==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''England, Lancashire, Heysham''':Current Location- LOST?:Find Type- grave find
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- 2 swords:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 2004:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.191]25}}:Comments- *{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.5 no.109 p.89}}}}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, PatrickCumbria: Sayle Bottom, Ballabrooie"Great Asby==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Patrick, Ballabrooie''':Current Location- ?:Find Type- Possible grave find: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||[WILSON 2008[https:p//play.51google.com/store/books/details?id=DDSx3kVT1RMC The Monthly Magazine Vol. XIII part 1 1802, 55p.115]]}}:Comments- }}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, Tynwald Hill"|No Picture|widthCumbria: Sandford Moor, Morland="600pt"|=='''Isle of ManSandford Moor, Tynwald Hill'Westmoreland''<br>{{Cat|:Current Location- ?:Find Type- :Find Date- 19371766
: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||[WILSON 2008[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.51273]]}}:Comments- }}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, Ballachrink, Jurby"Lancashire: Meols==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballachrink, Jurby'''
:Current Location-
:Find Type- :Find Date- 1881
:Total Length-
:Blade-
:Hilt-
:Scabbard-
:Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|Appx.25] [WILSON 2008:p5 no.27]88}}:Comments- part of blade and hilt}}
|- valign="top" id="Isle of Man=England, Malew Parish Churchyard"Norfolk: River Little Ouse, Hockwold cum Wilton==={{Cat|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Malew Parish Churchyard''':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-
:BibliographyComments- Described as a complete late Saxon sword. It could be [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940[Swords found in Britain#England, Norfolk:p.25(L)|England, Norfolk: (L)]] :CommentsBibliography- 2 swords:*[[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-
:Find 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-
: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]]}}
}}
|- valign="top" id="England, London, Cowey Stakes"|No Picture|width="600pt"|'''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- From the excavations of the Saxon palace at Old Windsor by Brian Hope-Taylor, 1953 to 1958.:Bibliography- :*[WILSON 1965[http:p52(no//collections.5readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=%20{collection}={archaeology}%20AND%20({date}=*{11th%20century})&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=1 readingmuseum.org.uk]] :Comments|i1=Reading- near Sheppertonweb 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}} :*[[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=96939&partId=1 www.BritishMuseum.org]]|i1=sword_exeter.jpg}}