Description

sword, Viking (in 4 frags); Viking iron sword with heavy iron pommel inlaid with silver, iron guard, double edged blade, now broken with part missing but forged in one piece. Possible remains of wooden scabbard and wooden grip on tang.NB The iron sword was in the possession of Mr Dennison of Brough on Sanday by 1874 and had apparently been found in a mound at "Sties" some time earlier. Presumably this is somewhere near the Broughton area, c. HY/6541. NB A Viking iron helmet and iron axe are also mentioned beside the sword in the Palace of History Catalogue (p.807, nos. 446 and 447) as being lent by J.W. Cursiter and as being likewise from Sanday; they cannot now be traced (Shetelig, 1940 p. ?). It may be that all three objects were from the same Norse burial site at Sties. (EWM). Cursiter ex Dennison (133).

Object Number

GLAHM:B.1914.826

Object Name/Type(s)

sword

Material

iron; silver; wood

Dimensions

Height

None recorded.

Width

6 8 3.5 10.5 cm cm cm cm cm

Provenance & Acquisition

Collection / Collected By

Dennison, Walter Traill

Collection Method

None recorded.

Locality

Sties, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland

Acquisition

Walter T. Dennison (Donor) 1900