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Introduction

Wheeler Type I

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

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  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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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}}

• 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
• Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. I 7

• 

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- Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. Cat.D14 Waterman, Dudley M. (1959) Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York. pp.59-106. Archaeologia: Vol.97 P.71-72, fig.5(8)

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)

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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- 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 ? Margeson, Sue (1997) The Vikings in Norfolk. p.28 Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. p.61, cat.I6

Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

England, Cambridgeshire, Ely Current Location- Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Type- R560 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.34 Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd. cat.1244 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-

• 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.59
• Wheeler, R.E.M. (1927) London and the Vikings. London Museum Catalogues: No 1 p.51
• Pitt Rivers Museum

• 

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

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