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Revision as of 18:59, 21 August 2018
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Viking Age Compendium articles on Knives and Axes:
Viking Age Compendium articles on Knives and Axes:
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
- Axe type C.jpg
Petersen C
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, 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
Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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Isle of Man, Ballaterson
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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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England, York
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England, York: Jubbergate
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England,Yorkshire: Bawtry
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England, Derbyshire: Repton (H)
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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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England, London: Austin Friars
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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, North Yorkshire: Kildale
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England, Yorkshire: Pippin Castle
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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: March, Rectory Paddock
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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: 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 1
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 2
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 3
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 4
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 5
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 6
England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 7
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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] *
Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Found in Britain
- 2 Stars
- Waterman 1959
- Wheeler 1927
- Vince 1991
- Grieg 1940
- Bjorn & Shetelig 1940
- Roesdahl 1981
- British Museum
- Rooke 1792
- Edwards 1992
- Richards 2004
- Redmond 2007
- Jones 1849
- Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 2001
- Guildhall Museum 1908
- Edwards & Bryce 1927
- Paterson 2014
- Margeson 1997
- WOV 2003
- Weapons