* England
** York
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** Gloucester
:: *** 1 Westgate Street (C9th): One scabbard found. 780mm long, but damaged at the chape end, so original length unknown. Opening curved and 80mm wide with a edge/flesh stitch along the edge. Made of one piece of leather and sewn down one side. Impression of a stiffener visible on the inside, the top of which is 85mm from the top of the scabbard. No rivet holes. A 15mm slit is on either side of the impression. Scabbard was probably lined with soft leather or fur. [GOUDGE 1979: p.196]
** Isle of Man
:: *** Cronk Moar: Wooden scabbard with a leather outer decorated with a raised moulding [BERSU & WILSON 1966: p.72].
* Scotland
** Balnakiel
* Ireland
** Dublin
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* Denmark
** Hedeby
:: *** A leather scabbard from Hedeby has 3 diamonds down its front created by two layers of leather [HAGG 1991: 265]
* Germany
** Essen Minster (late C10-11th). Covered in stamped gold [CAMPBELL 1982:p.171].
* Sweden
** Birka:
:: *** Bj.514 Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:p.153-154, fig.102, 103]:: *** Bj.520 Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:2]:: *** Bj.324a Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:4]:: *** Bj.542 Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 2:1]:: *** Bj.644 Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] :: *** Bj.736 Traces of a wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 2:3]:: *** Bj.750 Wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] :: *** Bj.832 Traces of a wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:1]:: *** Bj.834 Traces of a wooden scabbard [ARWINSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:fig. 253]
* France
** Saint-Denis, France, c.869 [MONTEMBAULT 1998: p.60]
:[[#Riveted straps style|Riveted straps style]] Scabbards are most probably hung from baldrics. The [[#Strap slide style|Strap slide style]] scabbard is also likely to be designed to hang from a baldric.<br>
'''Discussion'''<br>
Baldrics seem to have been the most common way of suspending a sword scabbard up until about 1050AD. <br>
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