Difference between revisions of "Axes found in Britain"
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Thames Street" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Thames_Street.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Thames Street]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, Thames Street''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(1)] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="Aldergate" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Aldergate.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Aldergate]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, Aldergate''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(2)] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" id="nr tower of London" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_tower_of_London.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=nr tower of London]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, nr tower of London''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(3)] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="York" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_York.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=York]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, York''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981:Cat.D14] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Jubbergate" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| No Picture | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, York, Jubbergate''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981:Cat.D17] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Knoc-y-doonee" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| No Picture | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- ? | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.23] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Oxford" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| No Picture | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Oxford''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.74] | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Wheeler Type V == | == Wheeler Type V == |
Revision as of 19:50, 29 January 2013
Axes found in Britain |
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Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
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England, London, River Thames at Putney
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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Wheeler Type II
This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927]
England, London, River Thames at Brentwood
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England, London, River Thames
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England, London, River Thames
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
England, London, River Thames at Whitehall
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England, London, Strand on the Green
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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No Image | Scotland, Eigg, Grave 2
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No Image | Scotland, Westray, Pierowall
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No Image | Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay
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No Image | England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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No Image | England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
England, London, Thames Street
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England, London, Aldergate
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England, London, nr tower of London
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England, York
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No Picture | England, York, Jubbergate
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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No Picture | Oxford
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Wheeler Type V
Transitional between types III and IV
Wheeler Type VI
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
References
<nocite> BJORN1940 GRIEG1940 PEARSON1981 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>