Difference between revisions of "Axes found in Britain"
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== Wheeler Type I == | == Wheeler Type I == | ||
− | A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times | + | ''Petersen Type A''<br> |
+ | A small woodland axe that altered little from pre-Roman times on-wards. | ||
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+ | R557.jpg|Type I | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
===England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge=== | ===England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge=== | ||
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== Wheeler Type II == | == Wheeler Type II == | ||
+ | ''No Petersen Type''<br> | ||
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] | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | |Type II | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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===England, London: River Thames, Brentwood=== | ===England, London: River Thames, Brentwood=== | ||
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== Wheeler Type III == | == Wheeler Type III == | ||
+ | ''Petersen Type B & C''<br> | ||
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s. | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | R559.jpg|Type III | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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<section begin=BallinabyAxe1(1877) /> | <section begin=BallinabyAxe1(1877) /> | ||
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)=== | ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)=== | ||
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== Wheeler Type IV == | == Wheeler Type IV == | ||
+ | ''Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L''<br> | ||
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+ | R555.jpg|Type IV | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
===England, York=== | ===England, York=== | ||
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== Wheeler Type V == | == Wheeler Type V == | ||
+ | ''Petersen Type D, E & F''<br> | ||
Transitional between types III and IV | Transitional between types III and IV | ||
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+ | R561.jpg|Type V | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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===Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote=== | ===Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote=== | ||
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== Wheeler Type VI == | == Wheeler Type VI == | ||
+ | ''Petersen Type M''<br> | ||
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards. | The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards. | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | R560.jpg|Type V | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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===Scotland: Loch of Doon=== | ===Scotland: Loch of Doon=== |
Revision as of 09:42, 25 October 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, 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, 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 Type 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
No Image |
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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall
No Image |
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:
No Image |
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
No Image |
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
No Image |
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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
England, York
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England, York: Jubbergate
No Picture |
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
Isle of Man, Ballaterson
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Oxford
No Picture |
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England, London: Thames Street
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England, London: Aldergate
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
No Picture |
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Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay
No Picture |
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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:
Scotland, Dumfriesshire
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
No Picture |
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
No Picture |
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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
No Picture |
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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] *