This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927]
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Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
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Transitional between types III and IV
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The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
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