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Axes found in Britain

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== Introduction ==

== Wheeler Type I ==
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
{|
|- valign="top" id="Old London Bridge"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Old_London_Bridge.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Old London Bridge]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ?
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(8)]

|- valign="top" id="Putney"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Putney.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Putney]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Putney'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ?
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 8(1)]

|- valign="top" id="WalthamstowI"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_WalthamstowI.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=WalthamstowI]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow '''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ?
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 8(2)]

|}

== Wheeler Type II ==
This type was more likely to be a tool than a weapon. Earlier types are not so slender [Wheeler 1927]
{|
|- valign="top" id="Brentwood"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Brentwood.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Brentwood]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Brentwood'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ? C9th
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(4)]

|- valign="top" id="Thames1"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Thames1.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Thames1]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ? C9th
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(5)]

|- valign="top" id="Thames2"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_Thames2.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Thames2]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ? C9th
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(6)]

|- valign="top" id="WalthamstowII"
|width="100pt"| [[File:axe_WalthamstowII.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=WalthamstowII]]
|width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow'''
:Current Location- ?
:Type- ? C9th
:Find Date- ?
:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(7)]

|}

== Wheeler Type III ==
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.

== Wheeler Type IV ==

== Wheeler Type V ==
Transitional between types III and IV

== Wheeler Type VI ==
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.

==References==

<nocite>
BJORN1940
PEARSON1981
WHEELER1927
</nocite>
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<HarvardReferences />

[[Category:Found in Britain]][[Category:Langseaxs]]