Description (Physical description)
No traces of inlay
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
In the VCH (see Bib) section on the Viking Age, T.C. Lethbridge writes that he believes it to be 'a native weapon and not one imported from Denmark or Norway', based on 'the evidence of the English ornament on the Wallingford sword'. He gives it a date of the 9th century.
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1938). 'Anglo-Saxon Remains' in Salzman, L.F. (ed), 'The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely', Vol. 1. p. 326, 330, Pl. XI
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Acquisition Details)
This sword was found in 1907 but not donated to the museum until 1980.
Event Date 1980
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (CMS Context)
The catalogue card has the following entries: "X-rays enclosed" and "Account of find included". Collected by: Wills.Professor.L.J in 1907. TL 437 527
Event Date 9/4/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
An iron sword with decorated hilt, though design corroded.
Event Date 22/2/2013
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Dr Sue Brunning, British Museum, wrote on 15 November 2016 that is 'it looks to be a Petersen Type L sword, which would place it in the mid-ninth to tenth centuries.' The Period and Description have been updated accordingly.
Event Date 15/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Conservation ()
80.78 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1983.171 | Remedial
Event Date 17/10/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer

Description (Physical description)
Iron sword with parallel-sided blade and pointed tip, slight fuller. Petersen Type L hilt; downturned cross-guard with separate ring covering the join between the grip and the guard, flat tapering tang, tri-lobed pommel.
Event Date 10/4/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe