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Revision as of 21:06, 14 October 2012
Introduction
The following list of swords is not comprehensive and only represents those currently known to the author. They have been categorised using Wheelers typology.
Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology
Viking Age swords found in Britain
Type I
Petersen Types M & O
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
- Comments-
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78]
- Comments- wooden handle covered in linen.
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No Picture
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Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
- Type- M?
- Current Location- ?
- Blade- none
- Hilt- only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives.
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.96] [ROESDAHL 1981:p.114 YAB30]
- Comments-
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No Picture
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Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26]
- Comments-
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Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
- Comments-
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Cumbria, Rampside
- Type- M
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18]
- Comments-
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
- Type- O
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58]
- Comments-
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London, River Thames, Kew
- Type- O
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90]
- Comments-
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Type II
Petersen Types B, C & H
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Herts, River Lea, Enfield
- Type- C
- Current Location Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi Collection, Rome.
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.12,60] [WHEELER 1927:p.34, 53] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.7)] [LAKING 1920:p.16]
- Comments- from a possible boat burial
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
- Type- H
- Current Location- ?
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81]
- Comments-
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Type III
Petersen Types R, S & T
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London
- Type- R
- Current Location-
- Blade- None
- Hilt- Only the pommel of the sword survives
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WHEELER 1927:p.53]
- Comments-
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London, Chertsey
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.98][1]
- Comments-
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.104] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.77,80]
- Comments- also known as “Earl of Pembroke Sword”
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Isle of Man Cronk Moar
- Type- S
- Current Location-
- Blade-
- Hilt-
- Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.72]
- Comments- found with remains of scabbard
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See Also
Swords
References
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BJORN1940
LAKING1920
PEIRCE2002
WILSON1965
WHEELER1927
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