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Swords found in Britain

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/* Type I */
== Type I ==
''Petersen Types types M & , P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.'' <br>850AD? to 1025AD'' <br>In use from the prehistoric iron age in central Europe to as late as the C10th in Norway. <br> 
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|- valign="top" id="Strathspey"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_elginshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Strathspey]]
|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Elginshire, Strathspey'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland. L.A. 1
:Type- Unknown. Found in an excavation of a railway cutting.
:Find Date- Before 1864.
:Total Length- 88cm (Complete)
:Blade- Double edged. Length 77cm (complete), width 5cm. Probably pattern welded.
:Hilt- Petersen type P. Both cross-pieces are decorated with untwisted silver and copper wires.
:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.159]
 
|- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]]
|width="600pt"| '''Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard'''
:Current Location- Kirkcudbrightshire Museum no. 2050
:Type- Grave find – undated
:Find Date- Unknown
:Total Length- 80cm (broken)
:Blade- Double edged. Length 70cm (broken so probably longer), width 6cm.
:Hilt- Like R.489. Portions of wooden handle.
:Scabbard- Parts of wood remain.
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.13]
|- valign="top" id="Rampside"
|'''Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard '''
:Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
:Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). 850-900AD.:Find Date- before 1909:Total Length- ?:Blade- ?:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
:Comments- Found before 1909
|- valign="top" id="Appleby"
|'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland'''
:Current Location- Tullie House Museum
:BladeType- Grave find. 850-900AD.:Find Date- before 1898:Total length Length- 35.5”, blade length (Complete?):Blade- Length 31”.(79cm):Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
:Comments-
|- valign="top" id="York1"
|'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street'''
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
:Type- Unknown:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- N/A:Blade- noneMissing
:Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives.
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30]
:Comments-
|- valign="top" id="Balladoyne"
|No Picture
|'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns'''
:Current Location- Manx Museum (Unknown :Type- Grave find (in a Christian Churchyard). Undated.:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- 32” (possible about 4” missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I. No ornament. Part of the wooden grip remains.:Scabbard- None
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26]
:Comments- Length 32” although possibly about 4” of the blade is missing. Part of the wooden grip remains.
|- valign="top" id="Waterloo"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]]
|width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge'''
:Current Location- London Museum A 3670. Was previously in the Laking collection.:Type- River find, C9th:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (part of blade missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Classed by Wheeler as a type I and , by Bjorn as a type Type H. Missing pommel. The ? Both guards are striped with brass inlay. Bjorn considers the pommel to be missing? :Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
:Comments- Was originally in the Laking collection.
|- valign="top" id="Near London"
|'''London River Thames, ‘near London’'''
:Current Location- London Museum A 17923
:Type- River find, Not before 900AD.:Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (part of blade missing):Blade- no information:Hilt- Petersen type M, Wheeler type I. Part of a wooden handle survives, covered in a course linen.:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
:Comments- wooden handle covered in linen.
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