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Swords of Type VI found in Britain

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::*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|p.37}}
::*{{ListRef|Wilson 1965|p.52 (no.3)}}
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===England, London, River Thames, off the Temple===
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[[File:sword_off_temple.jpg|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Off The Temple]]
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:Current Location- British Museum: 1856,0701.1405?
:Type-
:Find date-
:Total length- 74.3cm (BM Website 2015)
:Blade-
:Hilt- Type Lv (Viking Age Compendium). Petersen Type L (BM Website 2015)
:Scabbard-
:Comments- I think that the sword described as being found in 1856 'Off the Temple' by Bjorn and Shetelig is probably BM 1856,0701.1405
:Bibliography-
::*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.78,80}}
::*[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=85489&partId=1 www.BritishMuseum.org]
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:Comments-
:Bibliography-
::*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.78,80 (picture of the wrong sword - Witham Sword}}
::*{{ListRef|Davidson 1962|p.56, pl.V no.30}}
::*{{ListRef|Oakeshott 1962|p.225}}