Difference between revisions of "Axes found in Britain"
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== Wheeler Type I == | == Wheeler Type I == | ||
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{{Type|''Petersen Type A''<br> | {{Type|''Petersen Type A''<br> | ||
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards. | A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards. | ||
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== Wheeler Type II == | == Wheeler Type II == | ||
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This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927] | 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 ==== | ====England, York: Parliament Street ==== | ||
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== Wheeler Type III == | == Wheeler Type III == | ||
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Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | ||
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<section begin=BallinabyAxe1(1877) /> | <section begin=BallinabyAxe1(1877) /> | ||
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== Wheeler Type IV == | == Wheeler Type IV == | ||
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{{Seen|Yorkshire Museum}} | {{Seen|Yorkshire Museum}} | ||
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== Wheeler Type V == | == Wheeler Type V == | ||
| − | ''Petersen Type D, E & F''<br> | + | {{Type|''Petersen Type D, E & F''<br> |
Transitional between types III and IV | Transitional between types III and IV | ||
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====Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote==== | ====Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote==== | ||
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== Wheeler Type VI == | == Wheeler Type VI == | ||
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The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards. | The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards. | ||
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====Scotland: Loch of Doon==== | ====Scotland: Loch of Doon==== | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 4 November 2015
More Found in Britain pages
Introduction
Wheeler Type I
| Petersen Type A A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards. |
England, York: Coppergate A
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England, York: Coppergate B
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England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge
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England, London: River Thames, Putney
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)
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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
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England, London: River Thames, Brentwood
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England, London: River Thames (II-1)
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England, London: River Thames (II-2)
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England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)
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England, London: Milk Street
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Wheeler Type III
| Petersen Types B & C Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. |
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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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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England, London: River Thames at Whitehall
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England, London: Strand on the Green
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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
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England, York: Jubbergate
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
Isle of Man, Ballaterson
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Oxford
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England, London: Thames Street
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England, London: Aldergate
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England, London: nr Tower of London
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Wheeler Type V
| Petersen Type D, E & F Transitional between types III and IV |
Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay
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England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton
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England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest
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England, Derbyshire: Repton
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England, London: Kew Bridge
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Wheeler Type VI
| Petersen Type M The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards. |
Scotland: Loch of Doon
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
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England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry
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Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford
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England, London: Austin Friars
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England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith
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England, London, River Thames at Tower of London
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England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes
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England, London, River Thames at Battersea
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England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
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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] *
