A ninth-century sword was found in 1954 while walking along the northern bank of the Witham at Fiskerton, just upstream of Five Mile House. It may have been dredged up sometime previously. Its broad blade and short curved quillions are undecorated but the three-lobed pommel bears silver bands with ornament in niello in both geometric and animal designs. Three silver bands, also decorated with different niello designs, encircle what would once have been a wooden or bone handgrip which is now lost. Traces of a wooden scabbard survive on the blade. A very similar sword was found in North Yorkshire. It is now in Sheffield Museum Accn no.J.1954.3. {1}{2}