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Axes found in Britain

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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.

England, York: Coppergate A

Current Location-
Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, York: Coppergate B

Current Location-
Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

Axe Old London Bridge.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames, Putney

Axe Putney.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

Axe WalthamstowI.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



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

Current Location-
Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

Axe Brentwood.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames (II-1)

Axe Thames1.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames (II-2)

Axe Thames2.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

Axe WalthamstowII.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Museum of London

England, London: Milk Street

London-Axe Milk Street 1.JPG
Current Location-
Current Location- Museum of London
Find Type-
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Wheeler Type III

Petersen Type B & C
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.


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

Axe Ballinaby1.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
Blade- L:14.5cm, W:5cm
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-




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

Axe Ballinaby2.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
Find Date- 1877
Blade- L:14cm, W:9cm
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-




Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? Type B
Find Date- ?
Blade- L:10.5cm, W:10cm
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? Type B
Find Date- ?
Blade- L:14cm, W:10cm
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, Suffolk: Ipswich

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ? C9th
Find Date- ?
Blade- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, Suffolk: Ipswich

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
vertical grooves on socket
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

Axe Whitehall.jpg
Current Location-




Museum of London

England, London: Strand on the Green

Axe Strand.jpg
Current Location-



Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?

Wheeler Type IV

Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L

Yorkshire Museum

England, York

YM Axe.JPG
Current Location-



England, York: Jubbergate

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Manx Museum

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

Manx-Axe Knock Y Doonee.JPG
Current Location-
Current Location- Manx Museum
Find Type- Grave find
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Isle of Man, Ballaterson

Manx-Axe Ballaterson.JPG
Current Location-
Current Location- Manx Museum
Find Type- Boat Burial
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Oxford

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
Find Type- Petersen G
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Museum of London

England, London: Thames Street

Axe Thames Street.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-


England, London: Aldergate

Axe Aldergate.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: nr Tower of London

Current Location-
Current Location- ?
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Wheeler Type V

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

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

Example.jpg
Current Location-



Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

Current Location-



Scotland, Caithness: Reay

Example.jpg
Current Location-



England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

Current Location-
Current Location-
Find Type- Grave Find
Find Date- ?
Blade- Petersen type E
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

Axe hesket.jpg
Current Location-



England, Derbyshire: Repton

Current Location-



England, London: Kew Bridge

Current Location-
Current Location-
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Wheeler Type VI

Petersen Type M
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.

Scotland: Loch of Doon

Current Location-



Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

Current Location-



Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

Example.jpg
Current Location-



England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

Current Location-
Current Location-
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

Example.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location-
Find Type- R560
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Norwich Castle Museum

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

Norwich-Axe Surlington Ferry.jpg
Current Location-



Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Cambridge-Axe Ely R560.JPG
Current Location-



England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Cambridge-Axe Ely R523.JPG
Current Location-
Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Find Type- R523
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

Paul-Axe Stratford.JPG
Current Location-
Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum 1954.11.11. Was previously at Newbury Museum: 1898-5
Find Type- River Find?
Find Date- before 1898?
Blade- L:215mm, W:252mm. Like R560 (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: Austin Friars

Example.jpg
Current Location-



England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

Current Location-



England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

Current Location-
Current Location- London Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

Current Location-
Current Location- London Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

Current Location-
Current Location- London Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



England, London, River Thames at Battersea

Current Location-
Current Location- London Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-



Museum of London

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

London-Axe London Bridge Dane Axes.jpg
Current Location-
Current Location- London Museum
Find Type- ?
Find Date- ?
Blade-
Haft-
Comments-
Bibliography-


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] *