Axes found in Britain
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Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Wheeler Type I
- 3 Wheeler Type II
- 4 Wheeler Type III
- 4.1 Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)
- 4.2 Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)
- 4.3 Scotland, Highland, Eigg Grave 2
- 4.4 Scotland, Westray: Pierowall
- 4.5 Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:
- 4.6 England, Suffolk: Ipswich
- 4.7 England, Suffolk: Ipswich
- 4.8 England, London: River Thames at Whitehall
- 4.9 England, London: Strand on the Green
- 5 Wheeler Type IV
- 6 Wheeler Type V
- 7 Wheeler Type VI
- 7.1 Scotland: Loch of Doon
- 7.2 Scotland, Dumfriesshire:
- 7.3 Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
- 7.4 England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
- 7.5 England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
- 7.6 England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry
- 7.7 England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
- 7.8 England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
- 7.9 England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford
- 7.10 England, London: Austin Friars
- 7.11 England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith
- 7.12 England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
- 7.13 England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- 7.14 England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- 7.15 England, London, River Thames at Battersea
- 7.16 England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
- 8 Axes still awaiting classification
- 9 Select Bibliography
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Found in Britain
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Introduction
Wheeler Type I
Petersen Type A
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards.
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England, York: Coppergate A
- Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, York: Coppergate B
- Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames, Putney
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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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]
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England, York: Parliament Street
- Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames, Brentwood
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames (II-1)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames (II-2)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: Milk Street
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type-
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Wheeler Type III
Petersen Types B & C
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
- Find Date- 1877
- Blade- L:14.5cm, W:5cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
- Find Date- 1877
- Blade- L:14cm, W:9cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? Type B
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- L:10.5cm, W:10cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? Type B
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- L:14cm, W:10cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- vertical grooves on socket
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames at Whitehall
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: Strand on the Green
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L
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England, York
- Current Location- Yorkshire Museum 551.45.48
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, York: Jubbergate
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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- Current Location- Lost
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- Before 1790
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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- Current Location- Lost
- Find Type- Grave Find
- Find Date-
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
- Current Location- Manx Museum
- Find Type- Grave find
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Isle of Man, Ballaterson
- Current Location- Manx Museum
- Find Type- Boat Burial
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Oxford
- Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Find Type- Petersen G
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Museum of London
England, London: Thames Street
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: Aldergate
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: nr Tower of London
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Wheeler Type V
Petersen Type D, E & F
Transitional between types III and IV
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Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- F
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- L:20.5cm, W:13.5cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay
- Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
- Find Type-
- Find Date- 1920
- Blade- Petersen type E
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- Grave Find
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- Petersen type E
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Derbyshire: Repton
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: Kew Bridge
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Wheeler Type VI
Petersen Type M
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
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Scotland: Loch of Doon
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
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- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- R560
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry
- Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum 158.946
- Find Type- River find
- Find Date- ?
- Blade- W:22cm
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford
- Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum 1954.11.11
- Find Type- River Find?
- Find Date- before 1898?
- Blade- L:215mm, W:252mm. Like R560 (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)
- Haft-
- Comments- Was previously at Newbury Museum: 1898-5
- Bibliography-
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England, London: Austin Friars
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- L
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith
- Current Location- ?
- Find Type- M
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London, River Thames at Battersea
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- ?
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
- Current Location- Museum of London
- Find Type- River Find
- Find Date- ?
- Blade-
- Haft-
- Comments-
- Bibliography-
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London-Axe London Bridge 1.JPG
London-Axe London Bridge 2.JPG
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Axes still awaiting classification
Axes so far unidentified by the authors
Select Bibliography