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Revision as of 16:26, 30 October 2016

Axes found in Britain

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Found in Britain



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Introduction

Wheeler Type I

  • R557.jpg
  • Petersen Type A

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

    England, York: Coppergate A

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



    England, York: Coppergate B

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



    England, London: River Thames, Putney

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



    England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

    Axe WalthamstowI.jpg
    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- Yorkshire Museum
    Find Type- ?
    Find Date- ?
    Blade-
    Haft-
    Comments-
    Bibliography-



    England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

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



    England, London: River Thames (II-1)

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



    England, London: River Thames (II-2)

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



    England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

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



    England, London: Milk Street

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


    Wheeler Type III

  • R559.jpg
  • Petersen Types B & C

    Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.



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

    Axe Ballinaby1.jpg
    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- ?
    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- ?



    Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

    Example.jpg
    Current Location- ?



    Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

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



    England, Suffolk: Ipswich

    Example.jpg
    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- ?



    England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

    Axe Whitehall.jpg
    Current Location- ?



    England, London: Strand on the Green

    Axe Strand.jpg
    Current Location- Museum of London



    Thames nr London ?
    Reading ?
    Hastings Downs ?

    Wheeler Type IV

  • R555.jpg
  • Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L


    England, York

    YM Axe.JPG
    Current Location- Yorkshire Museum 551.45.48


    England, York: Jubbergate

    Example.jpg
    Current Location- ?



    England, Cumbria: Aspatria

    Aspatria Axe (Rooke 1792).JPG
    Current Location-  Lost



    Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

    Manx-Axe Knock Y Doonee.JPG
    Current Location- Manx Museum


    Isle of Man, Ballaterson

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


    Oxford

    Example.jpg
    Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum



    Museum of London

    England, London: Thames Street

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


    England, London: Aldergate

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



    England, London: nr Tower of London

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



    Wheeler Type V

  • R561.jpg
  • 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

    Axe (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.9).JPG
    Current Location- National Museum of Scotland



    England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

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



    Wheeler Type VI

  • R560.jpg
  • 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- ?



    England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

    Example.jpg
    Current Location- ?



    England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

    Norwich-Axe Surlington Ferry.jpg
    Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum 158.946


    England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

    Cambridge-Axe Ely R560.JPG
    Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology


    England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

    Cambridge-Axe Ely R523.JPG
    Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology



    England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

    Paul-Axe Stratford.JPG
    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-



    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- Museum of London
    Find Type- ?
    Find Date- ?
    Blade-
    Haft-
    Comments-
    Bibliography-



    England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

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



    England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

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



    England, London, River Thames at Battersea

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



    England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

    London-Axe London Bridge Dane Axes.jpg
    Current Location- Museum of London
    Find Type- River Find
    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] *