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France: L'Ile de Groix

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|width="600pt"| '''Sword Type O'''
[[File:L'lle de Groix Sword Reconstruction.jpg|thumb|right|100x150px|left]]
The guard and the cross-piece of the pommel of a sword, of the five lobed type Jan Petersen O. Both pieces are of iron plated with silver and decorated with a peculiar scroll patterns, composed of ribbons filled with dots, resembling Jan Petersen fig. 105. Scanty fragments only of the blade are extant.
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Spear heads.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''3 Spear heads'''
Small fragments of three spear-heads, one of them of Jan Petersen type I. R[[media:R522.522jpg|R522]].
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Arrow heads.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''8 Arrow heads'''
Fragments of 8 arrow-heads of iron, R[[media:R539.539jpg|R539]].
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Scandinavian Shield bosses.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''17 Scandinavian Shield bosses'''
Fragments of 17 shield-bosses all of them badly broken and defective. The majority are of the regular Norse type R[[media:R562.562jpg|R562]], hemispherical, with a flat rim fastened to the board by four rivets, and with a slight contraction between the boss and the rim.
|- valign="top" id="Other Shield bosses"
|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Anvil.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''Anvil'''
Small iron anvil, R[[media:R393.393jpg|R393]].
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Smith's tongs.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''Smith's tongs'''
Pair of smith's tongs, R[[media:R391.391jpg|R391]].
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Auger.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''Auger'''
Iron auger, R[[media:R418. 418jpg|R418]], and fragment of a larger rod, possibly another auger.
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Draw plate.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''Draw plate'''
Implement for wire-drawing, R[[media:R398.398jpg|R398]], or perhaps more likely for making mails, viz. a flat piece of iron pierced by a series of holes of different size.
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Celt.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''Celt'''
Fragment of a socketed celt(?) of iron, R[[media:R401.401jpg|R401]].
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==Dress==
|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Playing Pieces.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''19 Playing pieces'''
A set of 19 draughtsmen of bone, R[[media:R474.474jpg|R474]].
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|width="100pt"| [[File:L'lle de Groix Dice.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left]]
|width="600pt"| '''2 Dice'''
2 dice, R[[media:R475.475jpg|R475]].
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