Difference between revisions of "Axes found in Britain"
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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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+ | |- valign="top" id="Tower of London" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Tower of London_VI.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Tower of London]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Tower of London''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- London Museum | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 9(3)] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Chelsea_a" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Chelsea_VIa.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Chelsea]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- London Museum | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 10(4)] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Chelsea_b" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Chelsea_VIb.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Chelsea]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- London Museum | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 10(5)] | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Battersea" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Battersea_VI.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Battersea]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Battersea''' | ||
+ | :Current Location- London Museum | ||
+ | :Type- ? | ||
+ | :Find Date- ? | ||
+ | :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 11] | ||
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+ | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 08:10, 9 June 2013
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More Found in Britain pages
Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
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England, London, River Thames at Putney
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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Wheeler Type II
This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927]
England, London, River Thames at Brentwood
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England, London, River Thames
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England, London, River Thames
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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No Image | Scotland, Eigg, Grave 2
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No Image | Scotland, Westray, Pierowall
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No Image | Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay
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No Image | England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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No Image | 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
England, York
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No Picture | England, York, Jubbergate
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No Picture | Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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No Picture | 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
Transitional between types III and IV
No Picture | Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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Colonsay, Kiloran Bay
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No Picture | Caithness, Reay
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No Picture | Cumberland, Hesket-in-Forest
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Repton
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Kew Bridge
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Wheeler Type VI
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
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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References
<nocite> BJORN1940 GRIEG1940 PEARSON1981 WHEELER1927 </nocite> <biblio force=false>#Template:Bib</biblio>