Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
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England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1(8)
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England, London, River Thames at Putney
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 8(1)
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 8(2)
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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]
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England, London, River Thames at Brentwood
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- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1(4)
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England, London, River Thames
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1(5)
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England, London, River Thames
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1(6)
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1(7)
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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- Type- ?
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- L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:Fig.15]
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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- Type- ?
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- L- 14cm x W- 9cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:Fig.15]
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Scotland, Eigg, Grave 2
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- Type- ? Type B
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- L-10.5cm x W- 10cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.68]
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Scotland, Westray, Pierowall
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? Type B
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- L-14cm x W-10cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:P.94
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]
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England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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- Type- ? C9th
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- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.60]
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No Image
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England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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- Type- ?
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- vertical grooves on socket
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.60]
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England, London, River Thames at Whitehall
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:V.IV P.86] [PEARSON 1981]:I 7
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England, London, Strand on the Green
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:Fig.9(1)]
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
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England, York
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981]:Cat.D14
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England, York, Jubbergate
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981]:Cat.D17
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:P.23
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Oxford
- Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:P.74
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England, London, Thames Street
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig.10(1)
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England, London, Aldergate
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig.10(2)
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England, London, nr tower of London
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig.10(3)
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Wheeler Type V
Transitional between types III and IV
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Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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- Type- F
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:P.70
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Colonsay, Kiloran Bay
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- Type- ?
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- 20.5cm x W: 13.5cm
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:fig.28]
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No Picture
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Caithness, Reay
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- Type- E
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:P.19
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Cumberland, Hesket-in-Forest
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.20 (e)]
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Repton
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.14, fig.2]
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Kew Bridge
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:fig.9(2)
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Wheeler Type VI
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
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Scotland, Loch of Doon
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:Fig 69
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:Fig 70
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Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940]:p.17
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981]:cat.I6
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
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- Type- R560
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981]:cat.I6
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England, Norfolk, Surlingham Ferry
- Current Location-
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.59]
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
- Current Location-
- Type- R560
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.64] [WOV 2003:cat.1244]
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
- Current Location-
- Type- R523
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.64]
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England, Essex, Stratford,
- Current Location-
- Type- R560
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.59] [WHEELER 1927]:p.51
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No Picture
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England, London, Austin Friars
- Current Location-
- Type- L
- Find Date- ?
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.86]
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England, London, River Thames at Hamersmith
- Current Location-
- Type- M
- Find Date- ?
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.87]
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England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
- Current Location- London Museum
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 9(3)
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- Current Location- London Museum
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 10(4)
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- Current Location- London Museum
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 10(5)
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England, London, River Thames at Battersea
- Current Location- London Museum
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 11
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England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
- Current Location- London Museum
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]:Fig 1
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References
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