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Axes found in Britain
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Wheeler Type I 2.1 England, York: Coppergate A 2.2 England, York: Coppergate B 2.3 England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge 2.4 England, London: River Thames, Putney 2.5 England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I) 3 Wheeler Type II 3.1 England, York: Parliament Street 3.2 England, London: River Thames, Brentwood 3.3 England, London: River Thames (II-1) 3.4 England, London: River Thames (II-2) 3.5 England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II) 3.6 England, London: Milk Street 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, 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 5.1 England, York 5.2 England, York: Jubbergate 5.3 Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee 5.4 Isle of Man, Ballaterson 5.5 Oxford 5.6 England, London: Thames Street 5.7 England, London: Aldergate 5.8 England, London: nr Tower of London 6 Wheeler Type V 6.1 Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote 6.2 Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay 6.3 Scotland, Caithness: Reay 6.4 England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton 6.5 England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest 6.6 England, Derbyshire: Repton 6.7 England, London: Kew Bridge 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 Select Bibliography
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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

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Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(5)

England, York: Coppergate B

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Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(6)

England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(8)

England, London: River Thames, Putney

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(1)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(2)

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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Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(7)

England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(4)

England, London: River Thames (II-1)

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(5)

England, London: River Thames (II-2)

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(6)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(7)

Museum of London

England, London: Milk Street

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Vince, Alan (1991) Aspects of Saxo-Norman London: II Finds and Environmental Evidence. p.135,137

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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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

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

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

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Blade- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket

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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 p.60

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

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vertical grooves on socket

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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 p.60

England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

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Museum of London

England, London: Strand on the Green

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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 fig.9(1)

Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?

Wheeler Type IV

Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L

Type IV

Yorkshire Museum

England, York

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England, York: Jubbergate

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Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. Cat.D17

Manx Museum

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.23

Isle of Man, Ballaterson

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Oxford

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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 p.74

Museum of London

England, London: Thames Street

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(1)

England, London: Aldergate

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(2)

England, London: nr Tower of London

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(3)

Wheeler Type V

Petersen Type D, E & F
Transitional between types III and IV

Type V

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.70

Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

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Scotland, Caithness: Reay

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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.19

England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

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England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

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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 p.20(e)

England, Derbyshire: Repton

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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 p.14, fig.2

England, London: Kew Bridge

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.9(2)

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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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.69

Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.70

Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

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Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.17

England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

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Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. cat.I6

England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

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Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. cat.I6

Norwich Castle Museum

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

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Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

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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 p.64, fig.36

England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

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England, London: Austin Friars

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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 p.86

England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

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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 p.87

England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.9(3)

England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(4)

England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(5)

England, London, River Thames at Battersea

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.11

Museum of London

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

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Current Location- London Museum

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Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1

London-Axe London Bridge 1.JPG
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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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 ====England, London: Strand on the Green====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- ?
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- ?
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|fig.9(1)}}
@@ Line 235: / Line 310: @@
 {{Seen|Yorkshire Museum}}
 ====England, York====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum: 551.45.48
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- Yorkshire Museum: 551.45.48
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|Cat.D14}}
@@ Line 247: / Line 326: @@
 ====England, York: Jubbergate====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- ?
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- ?
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|Cat.D17}}
@@ Line 257: / Line 340: @@
 {{Seen|Manx Museum}}
 ====Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Manx Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- Grave find
+:Current Location- Manx Museum
+:Find Type- Grave find
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.23}}
@@ Line 266: / Line 353: @@
 ====Isle of Man, Ballaterson====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Manx Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- Boat Burial
+:Current Location- Manx Museum
+:Find Type- Boat Burial
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 |i1=Manx-Axe Ballaterson.JPG
@@ Line 276: / Line 367: @@
 ====Oxford====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- Petersen G
+:Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
+:Find Type- Petersen G
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.74}}
@@ Line 286: / Line 381: @@
 {{Seen|Museum of London}}
 ====England, London: Thames Street====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- ?
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- ?
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.10(1)}}
@@ Line 298: / Line 397: @@
 ====England, London: Aldergate====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- ?
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- ?
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.10(2)}}
@@ Line 307: / Line 410: @@
 ====England, London: nr Tower of London====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- ?
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- ?
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.10(3)}}
@@ Line 323: / Line 430: @@
 ====Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- F
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- F
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.70}}
@@ Line 332: / Line 443: @@
 ====Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
-:20.5cm x W: 13.5cm
+:Blade- L=20.5cm, W=13.5cm
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|fig.28}}
@@ Line 342: / Line 456: @@
 ====Scotland, Caithness: Reay====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- E
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- E
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.19}}
@@ Line 351: / Line 469: @@
 ====England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- Grave Find
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- Grave Find
 :Find Date- ?
-:Style - Petersen Type E
+:Blade- Petersen type E
-:Dimensions-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{Listref|Paterson 2014|p.97}}
@@ Line 362: / Line 482: @@
 ====England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.20(e)}}
@@ Line 371: / Line 495: @@
 ====England, Derbyshire: Repton====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.14, fig.2}}
@@ Line 380: / Line 508: @@
 ====England, London: Kew Bridge====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.9(2)}}
@@ Line 396: / Line 528: @@
 ====Scotland: Loch of Doon====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|fig.69}}
@@ Line 405: / Line 541: @@
 ====Scotland, Dumfriesshire:====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|fig.70}}
@@ Line 414: / Line 554: @@
 ====Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.17}}
@@ Line 423: / Line 567: @@
 ====England, Lincolnshire, River Witham====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|cat.I6}}
@@ Line 432: / Line 580: @@
 ====England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- R560
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- R560
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Roesdahl 1981|cat.I6}}
@@ Line 442: / Line 594: @@
 {{Seen|Norwich Castle Museum}}
 ====England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum: 158.946
+{{Cat|
-:Type- River find
+:Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum: 158.946
+:Find Type- River find
 :Find Date- ?
-:Dimensions- 22cm wide
+:Blade- W:22cm
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|?}}
@@ Line 457: / Line 612: @@
 {{Seen|Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology}}
 ====England, Cambridgeshire, Ely====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
+{{Cat|
-:Type- R560
+:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
+:Find Type- R560
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.64, fig.34}}
@@ Line 467: / Line 626: @@
 ====England, Cambridgeshire, Ely====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
+{{Cat|
-:Type- R523
+:Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
+:Find Type- R523
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.64, fig.36}}
@@ Line 478: / Line 641: @@
 ====England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum 1954.11.11. Was previously at Newbury Museum: 1898-5
+{{Cat|
-:Type- River Find?
+:Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum 1954.11.11. Was previously at Newbury Museum: 1898-5
+:Find Type- River Find?
 :Find Date- before 1898?
-:Shape- Like R560 (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)
+:Blade- L=215mm, W=252mm. Like R560 (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)
-:Dimensions- L=215mm, W=252mm
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.59}}
@@ Line 491: / Line 656: @@
 ====England, London: Austin Friars====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- L
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- L
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.86}}
@@ Line 500: / Line 669: @@
 ====England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith====
-{{Cat|:Current Location-
+{{Cat|
-:Type- M
+:Current Location-
+:Find Type- M
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.87}}
@@ Line 509: / Line 682: @@
 ====England, London, River Thames at Tower of London====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- London Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- London Museum
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.9(3)}}
@@ Line 518: / Line 695: @@
 ====England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- London Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- London Museum
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.10(4)}}
@@ Line 527: / Line 708: @@
 ====England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- London Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- London Museum
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.10(5)}}
@@ Line 536: / Line 721: @@
 ====England, London, River Thames at Battersea====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- London Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- London Museum
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.11}}
@@ Line 546: / Line 735: @@
 {{Seen|Museum of London}}
 ====England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge====
-{{Cat|:Current Location- London Museum
+{{Cat|
-:Type- ?
+:Current Location- London Museum
+:Find Type- ?
 :Find Date- ?
+:Blade-
+:Haft-
+:Comments-
 :Bibliography-
 :*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|fig.1}}

Difference between revisions of "Axes found in Britain"

Revision as of 15:07, 4 November 2015

Contents

Introduction

Wheeler Type I

England, York: Coppergate A

England, York: Coppergate B

England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

England, London: River Thames, Putney

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

Wheeler Type II

England, York: Parliament Street

England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

England, London: River Thames (II-1)

England, London: River Thames (II-2)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

England, London: Milk Street

Wheeler Type III

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)

Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

England, London: Strand on the Green

Wheeler Type IV

England, York

England, York: Jubbergate

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

Isle of Man, Ballaterson

Oxford

England, London: Thames Street

England, London: Aldergate

England, London: nr Tower of London

Wheeler Type V

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

Scotland, Caithness: Reay

England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

England, Derbyshire: Repton

England, London: Kew Bridge

Wheeler Type VI

Scotland: Loch of Doon

Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

England, London: Austin Friars

England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

England, London, River Thames at Battersea

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

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