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Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | ||
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===Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2=== | ===Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2=== | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 19 October 2015
More Found in Britain pages
Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge
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England, London: River Thames, Putney
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)
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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, Brentwood
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England, London: River Thames (II-1)
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England, London: River Thames (II-2)
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)
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Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2
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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall
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No Image |
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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England, London: River Thames at Whitehall
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England, London: Strand on the Green
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
England, York
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File:Axe York.jpg 130x150px |
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England, York: Jubbergate
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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Oxford
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England, London: Thames Street
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England, London: Aldergate
England, London, Aldergate
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England, London: nr Tower of London
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File:Axe tower of London.jpg 130x150px |
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Wheeler Type V
Transitional between types III and IV
| No Picture | Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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| File:Axe Kiloran Bay V.jpg 130x150px |
Colonsay, Kiloran Bay
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| No Picture | Caithness, Reay
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Cumberland, Hesket-in-Forest
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| File:Axe Repton V.jpg 130x150px |
Repton
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| File:Axe Kew V.jpg 130x150px |
Kew Bridge
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Wheeler Type VI
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
| File:Axe Loch of Doon VI.jpg 130x150px |
Scotland, Loch of Doon
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| File:Axe Dumfriesshire VI.jpg 130x150px |
Scotland, Dumfriesshire
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| No Picture | Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle
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| File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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| No Picture | England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
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| File:Axe Surlingham Ferry VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, Norfolk, Surlingham Ferry
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| File:Axe Ely1 VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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| File:Axe Ely2 VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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| No Picture | England, Essex, Stratford,
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| No Picture | England, London, Austin Friars
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| File:Axe Hammersmith VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, London, River Thames at Hamersmith
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| File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
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| File:Axe Chelsea VIa.jpg 130x150px |
England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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| File:Axe Battersea VI.jpg 130x150px |
England, London, River Thames at Battersea
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England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
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- 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] ^ 1 2 3 4 5 *
Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 [WHEELER 1927] ^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 *
