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Revision as of 14:55, 4 November 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

Petersen Type A
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards.

  • Type I

England, York: Coppergate A

File:File:Waterman-Axe 5
Current Location-
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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England, York: Coppergate B

File:Waterman-Axe 6
Current Location-
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

Axe Old London Bridge.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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England, London: River Thames, Putney

Axe Putney.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

Axe WalthamstowI.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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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

File:Waterman-Axe 7
Current Location-
:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Type- ?
Find Date- ?
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England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

Axe Brentwood.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
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England, London: River Thames (II-1)

Axe Thames1.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
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England, London: River Thames (II-2)

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

Axe WalthamstowII.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- ? C9th
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Museum of London

England, London: Milk Street

London-Axe Milk Street 1.JPG
Current Location-
:Current Location- Museum of London
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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)

Axe Ballinaby1.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)

Axe Ballinaby2.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- ?
Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
L- 14cm x W- 9cm
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Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

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Type- ?
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich

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

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England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

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:Current Location- ?
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Museum of London

England, London: Strand on the Green

Axe Strand.jpg
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  • London-Axe Strand on the Green.JPG



Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?

Wheeler Type IV

Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L

  • Type IV

Yorkshire Museum

England, York

YM Axe.JPG
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England, York: Jubbergate

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Manx Museum

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

Manx-Axe Knock Y Doonee.JPG
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Isle of Man, Ballaterson

Manx-Axe Ballaterson.JPG
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:Current Location- Manx Museum
Type- Boat Burial
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Oxford

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Museum of London

England, London: Thames Street

Axe Thames Street.jpg
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:Current Location- ?
Type- ?
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  • London-Axe Thames Street.JPG


England, London: Aldergate

Axe Aldergate.jpg
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:Current Location- ?
Type- ?
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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

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

File:Axe Kiloran Bay V.jpg
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay

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England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

File:Paterson-Axe Grave 4
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:Current Location-
Type- Grave Find
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Style - Petersen Type E
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England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

Axe hesket.jpg
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England, Derbyshire: Repton

File:Axe Repton V.jpg
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England, London: Kew Bridge

File:Axe Kew V.jpg
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:Current Location-
Type- ?
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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

File:Axe Loch of Doon VI.jpg
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

File:Axe Dumfriesshire VI.jpg
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

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Norwich Castle Museum

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

Norwich-Axe Surlington Ferry.jpg
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Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Cambridge-Axe Ely R560.JPG
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Cambridge-Axe Ely R523.JPG
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:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Type- R523
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England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

Paul-Axe Stratford.JPG
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England, London: Austin Friars

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England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

File:Axe Hammersmith VI.jpg
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England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

File:Axe Tower of London VI.jpg
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:Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

File:Axe Chelsea VIa.jpg
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:Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
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England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

File:Axe Chelsea VIb.jpg
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:Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
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England, London, River Thames at Battersea

File:Axe Battersea VI.jpg
Current Location-
:Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
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Museum of London

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

London-Axe London Bridge Dane Axes.jpg
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:Current Location- London Museum
Type- ?
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  • London-Axe London Bridge 1.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 2.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 3.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 4.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 5.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 6.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 7.JPG
  • London-Axe London Bridge 5,4,3.JPG


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] *
Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 [WHEELER 1927] *


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