Difference between revisions of "Swords found in Britain"
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|- valign="top" id="Rampside" | |- valign="top" id="Rampside" | ||
|[[File:sword_rampside.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Rampside]] | |[[File:sword_rampside.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Rampside]] | ||
− | |'''Cumbria, Rampside ''' | + | |'''Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard ''' |
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- Municipal Museum, Barrow-in-Furness |
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type M | :Hilt- Petersen type M | ||
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | ||
− | :Comments- | + | :Comments- Found before 1909 |
|- valign="top" id="Appleby" | |- valign="top" id="Appleby" | ||
|[[File:sword_appleby.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Appleby]] | |[[File:sword_appleby.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Appleby]] | ||
|'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland''' | |'''Cumbria, Ormside, Appleby-in-Westmoreland''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- Tullie House Museum |
− | :Blade- | + | :Blade- Total length 35.5”, blade length 31”. |
:Hilt- Petersen type M | :Hilt- Petersen type M | ||
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.18] | ||
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|No Picture | |No Picture | ||
|'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street''' | |'''Yorkshire, York, Clifford Street''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- Yorkshire Museum |
:Blade- none | :Blade- none | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives. | :Hilt- Petersen type M?. Only the undecorated guard of whale bone survives. | ||
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|'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns''' | |'''Isle of Man, Balladoyne Churchyard, St. Johns''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- Manx Museum (Unknown find Date) |
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type M | :Hilt- Petersen type M | ||
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.26] | ||
− | :Comments- | + | :Comments- Length 32” although possibly about 4” of the blade is missing. Part of the wooden grip remains. |
|- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | |- valign="top" id="Waterloo" | ||
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]] | |width="100pt"| [[File:sword_waterloo.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Waterloo]] | ||
|width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | |width="600pt"| '''London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- London Museum A 3670 |
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
− | :Hilt- | + | :Hilt- Classed by Wheeler as a type I and by Bjorn as a type H. Missing pommel. The guards are striped with brass inlay. |
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | ||
− | :Comments- | + | :Comments- Was originally in the Laking collection. |
|- valign="top" id="Near London" | |- valign="top" id="Near London" | ||
|[[File:near_london.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Near London]] | |[[File:near_london.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Near London]] | ||
|'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | |'''London River Thames, ‘near London’''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- London Museum A 17923 |
:Blade- | :Blade- | ||
:Hilt- Petersen type M | :Hilt- Petersen type M | ||
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.36] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.78] | ||
:Comments- wooden handle covered in linen. | :Comments- wooden handle covered in linen. | ||
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|'''Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading''' | |'''Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading''' | ||
:Current Location- ? | :Current Location- ? | ||
− | :Blade- | + | :Blade- Point missing 25.5” long |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type O | + | :Hilt- Petersen type O or K? Rivet hole hence cap missing. |
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | :Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] | ||
− | :Comments- | + | :Comments- Remaining fragments of oak grip. Part of an oak? scabbard is also still attached to the blade. |
|- valign="top" id="Kew" | |- valign="top" id="Kew" | ||
|[[File:sword_kew.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kew]] | |[[File:sword_kew.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kew]] | ||
|'''London, River Thames, Kew''' | |'''London, River Thames, Kew''' | ||
− | :Current Location- | + | :Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3 |
− | :Blade- | + | :Blade- Total length 753mm, blade length 630mm. blade engraved with makers mark, INGELRll. On the reverse engraved with SITANBI or IBNATIS (?) |
− | :Hilt- Petersen type O | + | :Hilt- Classed as a Petersen type O by Peirce and as Peteren type Q on the British Museum web site. Missing pommel |
− | :Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] | + | :Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=66361&partId=1&searchText=viking%20sword&numpages=427&page=1] |
− | :Comments- | + | :Comments- Remains of wooden sheath on sword blade. |
|- valign="top" id="Fetter" | |- valign="top" id="Fetter" |
Revision as of 20:39, 17 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 & Q. 850AD? to 1025AD
Cumbria, Rampside Churchyard
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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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London, River Thames, Waterloo Bridge
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London River Thames, ‘near London’
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Type II Norwegian
Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD
Herts, River Lea, Enfield
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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London, River Thames, Mortlake
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Type III Danish
Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?
Isle of Man Cronk Moar
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London
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London, River Thames, Temple Church
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London, Chertsey
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Type IV Frankish
Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD
Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
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Berkshire, River Kennet at Reading
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London, River Thames, Kew
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London, Fetter Lane
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Type V English
Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD
Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire
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Hurbuck, Durham
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Yorkshire, Gilling West
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Yorkshire, Wensley Churchyard
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Yorkshire, Bedale
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Isle of Man, Ballaugh
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Isle of Man, St. Maughold
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Nottingham
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Cambridgeshire, Hauxton Mill
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Norfolk, River Wensum, Norwich
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Norfolk, Gooderstone
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Norfolk, Santon Downham
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Suffolk, Kersey
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Oxford, Abingdon
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Oxford, Wallingford Bridge
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London, River Thames, Westminster
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London, River Thames, Windsor
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London, River Thames
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Unprovenanced
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Type VI Danish
Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD?
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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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?
Petersen Type U, V
Isle of Man, Ballateare
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Cambs, River Nene
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Herts, River Lea, Hertford
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Herts, River Lea, Edmonton
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Petersen Type X
Cumbria, Workington, Lake District
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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York
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York
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Notts, Nottingham
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Notts, Fardon Church, Newark
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Type VIII
Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD?
London, Battersea
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Type IX
Brazil Nut 1000AD to 1300AD?
Cawood |
Other Types
Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler
Reading
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Cambridgeshire, Raven’s Willow nr. Peterbourgh
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Isle of Man, St John’s Kirk German
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Lincolnshire, Canwich Common, Lincoln
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Berkshire, Tilehurst station
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Unknown Types
Swords so far unidentified
Lancs, Claughton Hall
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Lancs, Witherslack
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Nottingham
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London, River Thames
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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London, River Thames, Vauxhall
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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>