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== 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. Low quality images have been included to assist with identification and it is not the authors intention to infringe any copyrights by doing so. <br>The sword in this catalogue only include sword found in England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding isles. It does not include sword from Ireland. The swords listed here were not all made in Britain, many of them being made in Scandinavia or main land Europe. In the same way it is not a list of sword possibly made in England as many examples of these have been found all over Europe.
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[[File:Wheeler_Swords.jpg|thumb|center|600x150px|alt=Sword Typology|Wheeler's Viking Sword Typology]]
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[[File:sword_map.jpg|thumb|right|200x300px|alt=Sword Map|Viking Age swords found in Britain]]
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== Type I ==
''Petersen types M, P, Q, Y & AE . Rygh 489 & 493.'' <br>
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|- valign="top" id="Kirkcudbrightshire"
|width="100pt"| [[File:sword_kirkcudbrightshire.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Kirkcudbrightshire]]
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=== Similar Related Types P, Y & AE ===
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:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58]
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== Type II Norwegian ==
''Petersen Types B, C & H. 750AD to 960AD''
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== Type III Danish ==
''Petersen Types R, S & T. 800AD? to 900AD?''
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== Type IV Frankish ==
''Petersen Types K & O. 790AD to 950AD ''
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== Type V English ==
''Petersen Types L. 850AD to 975AD''
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== Type VI Danish ==
''Petersen Types L 'variant' 900AD? to 1050AD? ''
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== Type VII ==
''Petersen Types U, V & X (early style) 850AD to 1000AD? ''
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=== Petersen Type X ===
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== Type VIII ==
''Brazil Nut 950AD to 1300AD? ''
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|- valign="top" id="Battersea ouse "|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_batterseasword_ouse.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Battersea Ouse ]]|width="600pt"|'''LondonCambridgeshire, Battersea River Great Ouse''':Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology:Find type- River find. 950-1000AD:Total length-:Blade- 77.5cm (30½"). Engraved on one side with ‘CONSTAININUS’ and on the other with ‘+INOMINEDOMINI’:Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel:Scabbard-:Bibliography- DAVIDSON 1962[OAKESHOTT 1991:p.57] [WISON 1965:p32-33 no.135] :Comments-
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== Type IX ==
''Brazil Nut 1000AD to 1300AD? '' <br>No known swords from Britain <br>== Unique Swords and those of other styles ==''Viking Age swords not covered by Wheeler''
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|- valign="top" id="Cawood"
:Comments-
|}- valign="top" id="Canwick"|[[File:near_canwich.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Canwick]]|'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln''':Current Location- British Museum:Type- :Find Date- Unknown:Total Length- (Complete):Blade- Illegible script of silver inlay:Hilt- Guard of Petersen type Q but pommel different.:Scabbard- none:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.99]
|- valign="top" id="Reading"
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_reading.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Reading ]]
:Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.61,63-64]
:Comments- Later half of C9th
|- valign="top" id="Battersea "
|width="100pt"|[[File:sword_battersea.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Battersea ]]
|width="600pt"|'''London, Battersea '''
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:Blade-
:Hilt- Tea Cosy pommel
:Bibliography- DAVIDSON 1962:p.57] [WISON 1965:p32-33 no.1]
:Comments-
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== Swords that cannot be classified ==
''Swords that are too decayed to identify''
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|- valign="top" id="sandy"
|[[File:near_sandy.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Sandy]]
|'''Lincolnshire, Canwick Common, Lincoln'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland.
:Type-
:Find Date-
:Total Length-
:Blade- Double edged.
:Hilt- Part of guard is preserved. The pommel and upper guard are missing. May have been the same as Petersen fig.87 but not enough survives to possitivly classify the sword.
:Scabbard- none
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.88]
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== Unknown Types ==
