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Revision as of 09:05, 25 October 2015
More Found in Britain pages
Introduction
Wheeler Type I
Petersen Type A
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards.
Type I
England, York: Coppergate A
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File:Waterman-Axe 5 130x150px |
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England, York: Coppergate B
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File:Waterman-Axe 6 130x150px |
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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
No Petersen Type
This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927]
England, York: Parliament Street
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File:Waterman-Axe 7 130x150px |
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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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England, London: Milk Street
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Wheeler Type III
Petersen Type B & C
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
Type III
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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No Image |
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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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No Image |
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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No Image |
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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No Image |
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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
Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L
Type IV
England, York
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England, York: Jubbergate
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No Picture |
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
Isle of Man, Ballaterson
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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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Wheeler Type V
Petersen Type D, E & F
Transitional between types III and IV
Type V
Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay
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File:Axe Kiloran Bay V.jpg 130x150px |
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay
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England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton
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File:Paterson-Axe Grave 4 130x150px |
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England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest
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England, Derbyshire: Repton
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File:Axe Repton V.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London: Kew Bridge
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File:Axe Kew V.jpg 130x150px |
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Wheeler Type VI
Petersen Type M
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
Type V
Scotland: Loch of Doon
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File:Axe Loch of Doon VI.jpg 130x150px |
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:
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File:Axe Dumfriesshire VI.jpg 130x150px |
Scotland, Dumfriesshire
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg 130x150px |
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
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England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry
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Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford
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England, London: Austin Friars
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England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith
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File:Axe Hammersmith VI.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
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File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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File:Axe Chelsea VIa.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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File:Axe Chelsea VIb.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London, River Thames at Battersea
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File:Axe Battersea VI.jpg 130x150px |
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England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
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Select Bibliography
Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 [BJORN & 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] *
Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. [ROESDAHL 1981] *
