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Axes found in Britain
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Wheeler Type I 2.1 England, York: Coppergate A 2.2 England, York: Coppergate B 2.3 England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge 2.4 England, London: River Thames, Putney 2.5 England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I) 3 Wheeler Type II 3.1 England, York: Parliament Street 3.2 England, London: River Thames, Brentwood 3.3 England, London: River Thames (II-1) 3.4 England, London: River Thames (II-2) 3.5 England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II) 3.6 England, London: Milk Street 4 Wheeler Type III 4.1 Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1) 4.2 Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2) 4.3 Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2 4.4 Scotland, Westray: Pierowall 4.5 Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay: 4.6 England, Suffolk: Ipswich 4.7 England, Suffolk: Ipswich 4.8 England, London: River Thames at Whitehall 4.9 England, London: Strand on the Green 5 Wheeler Type IV 5.1 England, York 5.2 England, York: Jubbergate 5.3 Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee 5.4 Isle of Man, Ballaterson 5.5 Oxford 5.6 England, London: Thames Street 5.7 England, London: Aldergate 5.8 England, London: nr Tower of London 6 Wheeler Type V 6.1 Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote 6.2 Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay 6.3 Scotland, Caithness: Reay 6.4 England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton 6.5 England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest 6.6 England, Derbyshire: Repton 6.7 England, London: Kew Bridge 7 Wheeler Type VI 7.1 Scotland: Loch of Doon 7.2 Scotland, Dumfriesshire: 7.3 Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle 7.4 England, Lincolnshire, River Witham 7.5 England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt 7.6 England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry 7.7 England, Cambridgeshire, Ely 7.8 England, Cambridgeshire, Ely 7.9 England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford 7.10 England, London: Austin Friars 7.11 England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith 7.12 England, London, River Thames at Tower of London 7.13 England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes 7.14 England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes 7.15 England, London, River Thames at Battersea 7.16 England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge 8 Select Bibliography
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Introduction

Wheeler Type I

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

Type I

England, York: Coppergate A

Current Location- Yorkshire Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(5)

Waterman-Axe 5

England, York: Coppergate B

Current Location- Yorkshire Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(6)

Waterman-Axe 6

England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(8)

England, London: River Thames, Putney

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(1)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1(2)

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

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 fig.5(7)

Waterman-Axe 7

England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

Current Location- ?

Type- ? C9th

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(4)

England, London: River Thames (II-1)

Current Location- ?

Type- ? C9th

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(5)

England, London: River Thames (II-2)

Current Location- ?

Type- ? C9th

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(6)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

Current Location- ?

Type- ? C9th

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fif.1(7)

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Museum of London

England, London: Milk Street

Current Location- Museum of London

Type-

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Vince, Alan (1991) Aspects of Saxo-Norman London: II Finds and Environmental Evidence. p.135,137

Wheeler Type III

Petersen Type B & C
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.

Type III

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

Current Location- ?

Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)

Find Date- 1877

L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.15

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)

Current Location- ?

Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)

Find Date- 1877

L- 14cm x W- 9cm

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.15

Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

Current Location- ?

Type- ? Type B

Find Date- ?

L-10.5cm x W- 10cm

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.68

Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

Current Location- ?

Type- ? Type B

Find Date- ?

L-14cm x W-10cm

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.94

Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

Current Location- ?

Type- ? C9th

Find Date- ?

ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket

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 p.60

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

vertical grooves on socket

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 p.60

England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:VP.86}}

Museum of London

England, London: Strand on the Green

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

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 fig.9(1)

Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?

Wheeler Type IV

Petersen Type G, H, I, K & L

Type IV

Yorkshire Museum

England, York

Current Location- Yorkshire Museum: 551.45.48

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

England, York: Jubbergate

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. Cat.D17

Manx Museum

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

Current Location- Manx Museum

Type- Grave find

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.23

Isle of Man, Ballaterson

Current Location- Manx Museum

Type- Boat Burial

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Oxford

Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum

Type- Petersen G

Find Date- ?

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 p.74

Museum of London

England, London: Thames Street

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(1)

England, London: Aldergate

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(2)

England, London: nr Tower of London

Current Location- ?

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(3)

Axe tower of London.jpg

Wheeler Type V

Petersen Type D, E & F
Transitional between types III and IV

Type V

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

Current Location-

Type- F

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.70

Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

20.5cm x W: 13.5cm

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 fig.28

Axe Kiloran Bay V.jpg

Scotland, Caithness: Reay

Current Location-

Type- E

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.19

England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

Current Location-

Type- Grave Find

Find Date- ?

Style - Petersen Type E

Dimensions-

Bibliography-

Paterson, Caroline; Parsons, Adam J.; Newman, Rachel M.; Johnson, Nick and Howard Davis, Christine (2014) Shadows in the Sand. Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton, Cumbria. p.97

Paterson-Axe Grave 4

England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

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 p.20(e)

England, Derbyshire: Repton

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

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 p.14, fig.2

Axe Repton V.jpg

England, London: Kew Bridge

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.9(2)

Axe Kew V.jpg

Wheeler Type VI

Petersen Type M
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.

Type V

Scotland: Loch of Doon

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.69

Axe Loch of Doon VI.jpg

Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 fig.70

Axe Dumfriesshire VI.jpg

Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 p.17

England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

Current Location-

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. cat.I6

Axe Tower of London VI.jpg

England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

Current Location-

Type- R560

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. cat.I6

Norwich Castle Museum

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

Current Location- Norwich Castle Museum: 158.946

Type- River find

Find Date- ?

Dimensions- 22cm wide

Bibliography-

Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Type- R560

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Type- R523

Find Date- ?

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 p.64, fig.36

England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum 1954.11.11. Was previously at Newbury Museum: 1898-5

Type- River Find?

Find Date- before 1898?

Shape- Like R560 (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)

Dimensions- L=215mm, W=252mm

Bibliography-

England, London: Austin Friars

Current Location-

Type- L

Find Date- ?

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 p.86

England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

Current Location-

Type- M

Find Date- ?

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 p.87

Axe Hammersmith VI.jpg

England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

Current Location- London Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.9(3)

Axe Tower of London VI.jpg

England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

Current Location- London Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(4)

Axe Chelsea VIa.jpg

England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

Current Location- London Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.10(5)

Axe Chelsea VIb.jpg

England, London, River Thames at Battersea

Current Location- London Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.11

Axe Battersea VI.jpg

Museum of London

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

Current Location- London Museum

Type- ?

Find Date- ?

Bibliography-

Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 fig.1

London-Axe London Bridge 1.JPG
London-Axe London Bridge 2.JPG

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]} *

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Contents

Introduction

Wheeler Type I

England, York: Coppergate A

England, York: Coppergate B

England, London: River Thames, Old London Bridge

England, London: River Thames, Putney

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (I)

Wheeler Type II

England, York: Parliament Street

England, London: River Thames, Brentwood

England, London: River Thames (II-1)

England, London: River Thames (II-2)

England, London: River Thames, Walthamstow (II)

England, London: Milk Street

Wheeler Type III

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

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)

Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2

Scotland, Westray: Pierowall

Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

England, Suffolk: Ipswich

England, London: River Thames at Whitehall

England, London: Strand on the Green

Wheeler Type IV

England, York

England, York: Jubbergate

Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee

Isle of Man, Ballaterson

Oxford

England, London: Thames Street

England, London: Aldergate

England, London: nr Tower of London

Wheeler Type V

Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote

Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

Scotland, Caithness: Reay

England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton

England, Cumberland: Hesket-in-Forest

England, Derbyshire: Repton

England, London: Kew Bridge

Wheeler Type VI

Scotland: Loch of Doon

Scotland, Dumfriesshire:

Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle

England, Lincolnshire, River Witham

England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt

England, Norfolk: River Yare, Surlingham Ferry

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely

England, Essex: River Lea, Stratford

England, London: Austin Friars

England, London: River Thames at Hamersmith

England, London, River Thames at Tower of London

England, London, River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

England, London: River Thames at Chelsea, Barnes

England, London, River Thames at Battersea

England, London: River Thames at Old London Bridge

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