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''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' | ''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? '' | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Kings" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_kings.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kings Reach]] | ||
+ | |'''London, River Thames, Kings Reach''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type L | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.80] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Wandsworth" | ||
+ | |[[File:sword_wandsworth.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Wandsworth Reach]] | ||
+ | |'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [LAKING 1920:fig.15d] [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.20)] | ||
+ | :Comments- Wilson quotes Laking fig.15d as being from Vauxhall. The tip of the sword is from another find from Putney Reach. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | == Type VII == | ||
+ | ''Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? '' | ||
+ | {| | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Ballateare" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ballateare.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Ballateare]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballateare''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type V | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.52][http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/archaeology/vikings/ballatearesword.xml] | ||
+ | :Comments- found with remains of scabbard | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Nene" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_nene.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Nene]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Cambs, River Nene''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [DAVIDSON 1962:p56] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Hertford" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_hertford.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Hertford]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Hertford''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Stolen from Hertford Museum | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [ADAMS 1974:p.155-158] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Edmonton" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_edmonton.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Edmonton]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Herts, River Lea, Edmonton''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type U | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [PIERCE 2002:p.110] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.60] [WILSON 1965:p52(no.6)] | ||
+ | :Comments- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Type VIII == | ||
+ | ''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? '' | ||
+ | {| | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Ballateare" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"|[[File:sword_ballateare.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Ballateare]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"|'''Isle of Man, Ballateare''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- | ||
+ | :Blade- | ||
+ | :Hilt- Petersen type V | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [BERSU and WILSON 1966:p.52][http://www.gov.im/mnh/collections/archaeology/vikings/ballatearesword.xml] | ||
+ | :Comments- found with remains of scabbard | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 16 October 2012
Contents
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.
Type I
Petersen Types M & O. 850AD? to 1025AD
File:Sword rampside.jpg x150px |
Cumbria, Rampside
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File:Sword appleby.jpg x150px |
Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland
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No Picture | Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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London, River Thames, Kew
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
File:Sword enfield.jpg x150px |
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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File:Sword vauxhall.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
File:Sword cronk.jpg x150px |
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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File:Sword london.jpg x150px |
London
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File:Sword temple.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Temple Church
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File:Sword chertsey.jpg x150px |
London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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File:Sword hurbuck.jpg x150px |
Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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File:Sword bedale.jpg x150px |
Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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File:Sword nottingham.jpg x150px |
Nottingham
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File:Sword hauxton.jpg x150px |
Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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File:Sword santon.jpg x150px |
Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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File:Sword abingdon.jpg x150px |
Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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File:Sword windsor.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, Windsor
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File:Sword london.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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Type VI Danish
Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?
File:Sword camphill.jpg x150px |
Yorkshire, York, Camphill
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Lincs, River Witham, Lincoln
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Norfolk, Mileham
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London, River Thames, Staines
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London, River Thames, Shifford
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London, River Thames, Brentford
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File:Sword temple.jpg x150px |
London, River Thames, off the Temple
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London, River Thames, Kings Reach
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall, Wandsworth Reach
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Type VII
Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD?
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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File:Sword nene.jpg x150px |
Cambs, River Nene
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Herts, River Lea, Hertford
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Herts, River Lea, Edmonton
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Type VIII
Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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See Also
References
<nocite> ADAMS1974 BERSU1966 BJORN1940 DAVIDSON1962 LAKING1920 MARGESEN1997 OAKESHOTT1960 PEIRCE2002 ROESDAHL1981 THOMPSON2004 WATKIN1986 WILSON1965 WILSON2008 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>