Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
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
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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Museum of London
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England, London: Milk Street
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-1)
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- Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
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- L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm
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Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby (III-2)
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- Type- Grave find. Grave 2(i)
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- L- 14cm x W- 9cm
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Scotland, Eigg: Grave 2
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- L-10.5cm x W- 10cm
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Scotland, Westray: Pierowall
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- L-14cm x W-10cm
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay:
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
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England, Suffolk: Ipswich
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- vertical grooves on socket
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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 ?
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Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
England, York
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England, York: Jubbergate
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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Oxford
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England, London: Thames Street
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England, London: Aldergate
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England, London, Aldergate
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England, London: nr Tower of London
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Wheeler Type V
Transitional between types III and IV
Scotland, Skye, Sheabost, Tote
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Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay
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- 20.5cm x W: 13.5cm
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Scotland, Caithness: Reay
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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
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
Scotland: Loch of Doon
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Scotland, Dumfriesshire:
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Scotland, Sutherland: Dunrobin Castle
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England, Lincolnshire, River Witham
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England, Oxfordshire, River Thames at Stanton Harcourt
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England, Norfolk: Surlingham Ferry
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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England, Cambridgeshire, Ely
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England, Essex: Stratford
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England, London: Austin Friars
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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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References
[BJORN AND SHETELIG 1940] *
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