Category:England, Cumbria: Rampside

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Rampside 1854

Status-  Possible  

Type- Churchyard grave

Find date- 1954-55?

Bodies- None

Dated to-

Museum- LOST

Comments - "About the 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.

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).

Publications-

• Gaythorpe, Harper (1910) 'The Rampside Sword ; with a Note on the Church and Churchyard of Rampside in Furness'. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. Ser. 2, Vol.10 pp.298-306. (Available online)
• Redmond, Angela Z. (2007) Viking Burial in the North of England. A Study of Contact, Interaction and Reaction between Scandinavian Migrants with Resident Groups, and the effect of Immigration on Aspects of Cultural Continuity.. British Archaeological Reports: BAR 429

  p.107

Grave goods

• Sword - Unknown / Lost

Rampside 1909

Status-  Possible  [Edwards 1992]

Type- Churchyard grave

Find date- 1909?

Bodies- None

Dated to- c.850-925 [Paterson 2014:p.173]

Museum- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness

Publications-

• Gaythorpe, Harper (1910) 'The Rampside Sword ; with a Note on the Church and Churchyard of Rampside in Furness'. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. Ser. 2, Vol.10 pp.298-306. (Available online)
• Cowen, J.D. (1948) 'Viking Burials in Cumbria'. pp.73-76. (Available online) Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society: Ser.2 Vol.48

  no.7 p.75
• Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4

  p.18
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1992) 'The Vikings in North West England. The Archaeological Evidence'. In

  Graham-Campbell, James (1992) Viking Treasure from the North West. The Cuerdale Hoard in its Context.

  no.11 p.49
• Edwards, B.J.N. (1998) Vikings in North West England. The Artifacts.

  p.21-22^{(EDWARDS 1998)}
• Richards, Julian D. (2004) Vikings in England.

  p.202
• Paterson, Caroline; Parsons, Adam J.; Newman, Rachel M.; Johnson, Nick and Howard Davis, Christine (2014) Shadows in the Sand. Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton, Cumbria.

  p.173

Grave goods

• Sword - Petersen type M, single edged