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manufacture, with hilt fittings added by an Anglo-Saxon craftsman), also known as the "Lincoln sword", British Museum 1848,10-21,1 is dated to the 10th century. It is classified as a
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This example was found in the river Witham, Lincolnshire, in July 1825, and was presented to the Royal
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