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A group of 7 Dane Axes (see below), a small axe, 6 spears, a pair of fire tongs and a grappling hook were found by workmen excavating in the former foreshore of the river.<br> | A group of 7 Dane Axes (see below), a small axe, 6 spears, a pair of fire tongs and a grappling hook were found by workmen excavating in the former foreshore of the river.<br> | ||
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Viking Age Compendium articles on Knives and Axes:
Viking Age Compendium articles on Knives and Axes:
Introduction
Wheeler Type I
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
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, Highland, 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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England, London:
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
England, York
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England, York: Jubbergate
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England, Cumbria: Aspatria
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England, Cumbria: Carlisle, Denton Holme
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England, Lancashire: Claughton Hall
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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Isle of Man, Ballaterson
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England, Lincolnshire: Lincoln, Danes Terrace
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England, Oxfordshire: 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
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, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest
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England, Derbyshire: Repton
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England, London: Kew Bridge
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Wheeler Type VI
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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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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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 Hammersmith
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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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Group: England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
A group of 7 Dane Axes (see below), a small axe, 6 spears, a pair of fire tongs and a grappling hook were found by workmen excavating in the former foreshore of the river. England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge
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Axes still awaiting classification
Axes so far unidentified by the authors
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] *