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Swords found in Britain

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/* Type II Norwegian */
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [PENNANT 1776:pl. XLIV] [ANDERSON 1872:p.567 no.4] [GRIEG 1940:p.165] [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 2004:p211-222 fig.4]
 
|- valign="top" id="Scar"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_scar.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Scar]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Scar'''
:Current Location-
:Type- Boat Burial
:Find date- 1991
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [OWEN and DALLAND 1999:p.108]
 
|- valign="top" id="Sweindrow"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_sweindrow_detail.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Sweindrow]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Orkney, Scar'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland I.L. 191-192
:Type- Unknown. Found by ploughing.
:Find Date- 1826
:Blade- Double edged. About 9 fragments of the blade are preserved.
:Hilt- type Rygh 494 but with bronze ferrules. The bronze ferrules are adorned with stamped Triangles
:Scabbard - Some remains of wood are attached by rust to the blade,
probably remains of the scabbard
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940: p89-90]
 
[[File:Sword_sweindrow.JPG|thumb|150px|left|alt=Sweindrow]]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ballinaby"
|width="100pt"|[[File:Sword_ballinaby.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Ballinaby]]
|width="600pt"|'''Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby'''
:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
:Type- Grave Find
:Find date- 1878
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H (like Rygh 494). Parts of wooden group survive. No metal mountings.
:Scabbard- Possible a little of the scabbard survives
:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:p.31-32] [ANDERSON 1879:p.51]
 
|- valign="top" id="Ingleby"
|No Picture
|width="600pt"|'''England, Ingleby'''
:Current Location-
:Type- Grave Find
:Find date- 1948
:Blade-
:Hilt- Petersen type H.
:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [RICHARDS 1995:p.54, 69] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191, 196]
|- valign="top" id="Enfield"
|- valign="top" id="Vauxhall"
|No Picturewidth="100pt"|[[File:Sword_vauxhall.JPG|thumb|100x150px|left|alt=Vauxhall]]
|'''London, River Thames, Vauxhall'''
:Current Location- ?London Museum 13591:Type-:Find date-:Blade- Fragmentary:Hilt- Petersen type H . The hilt has traces of brass inlay. The pommel is missing :Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:p.37] [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.81]
:Comments-
|- valign="top" id="Mortlake"
|'''London, River Thames, Mortlake'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type-
:Find date-
:Blade- single-edged
:Hilt- none but Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.:Scabbard-
:Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p135]
:Comments- Oakeshott suggests that this blade may have belonged to a type II sword.
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