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Revision as of 12:34, 22 October 2015

Axes found in Britain

Contents

Found in Britain

  Axes found in Britain
  Langseaxes found in Britain
  Picture stones from the Isle of Man
  Seaxes found in Britain
  Shields found in Britain
  Spears found in Britain
  Swords found in Britain
  Viking burials found in England
  Viking burials found in Scotland
  Viking burials found in the Isle of Man
  Viking burials found in Wales



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Introduction

Wheeler Type I

A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.

England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

Old London Bridge
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames, Putney

Putney
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

WalthamstowI
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

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, Brentwood

Brentwood
Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames (II-1)

Thames1
Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames (II-2)

Thames2
Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

WalthamstowII
Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
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Bibliography-

Wheeler Type III

Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)

Ballinaby1
Current Location- ?
Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm
Bibliography-


Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)

Ballinaby2
Current Location- ?
Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
L- 14cm x W- 9cm
Bibliography-


Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

No Image

Current Location- ?
Type- ? Type B
Find Date- ?
L-10.5cm x W- 10cm
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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

No Image

Current Location- ?
Type- ? Type B
Find Date- ?
L-14cm x W-10cm
Bibliography-

Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

No Image

Current Location- ?
Type- ?
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich

No Image

Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich

No Image

Current Location- ?
Type- ?
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vertical grooves on socket
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England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

Whitehall
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:VP.86}}

England, London: Strand on the Green

Strand on the Green
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?

Wheeler Type IV

England, York

File:Axe York.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981:Cat.D14]
  • Cat.D14

England, York: Jubbergate

No Picture

Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-
  • Cat.D17

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

No Picture

Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

Oxford

No Picture

Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: Thames Street

Thames Street
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: Aldergate

Aldergate
England, London, Aldergate
Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: nr Tower of London

File:Axe tower of London.jpg
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Current Location- ?
Type- ?
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Wheeler Type V

Transitional between types III and IV

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- F
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

File:Axe Kiloran Bay V.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
20.5cm x W: 13.5cm
Bibliography-

Scotland, Caithness: Reay

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- E
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Bibliography-

England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

Hesket
Current Location-
Type- ?
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Bibliography-

England, Derbyshire: Repton

File:Axe Repton V.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: Kew Bridge

File:Axe Kew V.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

Wheeler Type VI

The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.

Scotland: Loch of Doon

File:Axe Loch of Doon VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

File:Axe Dumfriesshire VI.jpg
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 Scotland, Dumfriesshire
Current Location-
Type- ?
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- ?
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-
  • cat.I6

England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- R560
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-
  • cat.I6

England, Norfolk: Surlingham Ferry

File:Axe Surlingham Ferry VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

File:Axe Ely1 VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- R560
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

File:Axe Ely2 VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- R523
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, Essex: Stratford

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- R560
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: Austin Friars

No Picture

Current Location-
Type- L
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

File:Axe Hammersmith VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location-
Type- M
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

File:Axe Chelsea VIa.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

File:Axe Chelsea VIb.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London, River Thames at Battersea

File:Axe Battersea VI.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

File:London London Bridge Dane Axes.jpg
130x150px
Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Bibliography-
  • Axe Old London Bridge1 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge2 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge3 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge4 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge5 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge6 VI.jpg
  • Axe Old London Bridge7 VI.jpg

References

[BJORN AND SHETELIG 1940] *
Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 [GRIEG 1940] *
[PEARSON 1981] *
Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 [WHEELER 1927] *


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