A Sword of the Viking Period from the River Witham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1758-5309|30|3-4|175-179

ISSN: 0003-5815

Source: Antiquaries Journal, Vol.30, Iss.3-4, 1950-10, pp. : 175-179

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Abstract

A Little more than a century ago, in October 1848, an inscribed iron sword of the tenth century (pl. xxi a) was presented to the British Museum by J. Hayward, Esquire, of Beaumont Manor, Lincoln. The sword was stated to have been found during the widening of the river Witham opposite Monks Abbey, Lincoln.