Introduction
Wheeler Type I
A small woodland axe that altered little from pre Roman times onwards.
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England, London, River Thames at Old London Bridge
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(8)]
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England, London, River Thames at Putney
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 8(1)]
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 8(2)]
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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]
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England, London, River Thames at Brentwood
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(4)]
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England, London, River Thames
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(5)]
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England, London, River Thames
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(6)]
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England, London, River Thames at Walthamstow
- Current Location- ?
- Type- ? C9th
- Find Date- ?
- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig 1(7)]
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Wheeler Type III
Bearded axes that derived from fransica’s.
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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- L- 14.5cm x W- 5cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:Fig.15]
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Scotland, Islay, Ballinaby
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- Type- ?
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- L- 14cm x W- 9cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:Fig.15]
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Scotland, Eigg, Grave 2
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- Type- ? Type B
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- L-10.5cm x W- 10cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.68]
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Scotland, Westray, Pierowall
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- Type- ? Type B
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- L-14cm x W-10cm
- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.94]
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Scotland, Orkney, Isle of Islay
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927]
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England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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- Type- ? C9th
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- ornamented with cross-lines between blade and socket
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.60]
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No Image
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England, Suffolk, Ipswich
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- vertical grooves on socket
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.60]
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England, London, River Thames at Whitehall
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:V.IV P.86] [PEARSON 1981:I 7]
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England, London, Strand on the Green
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:Fig.9(1)]
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Thames nr London ?
Reading ?
Hastings Downs ?
Wheeler Type IV
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England, York
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981:Cat.D14]
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No Picture
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England, York, Jubbergate
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [PEARSON 1981:Cat.D17]
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No Picture
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Isle of Man, Knoc-y-doonee
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.23]
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No Picture
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Oxford
- Current Location- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.74]
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England, London, Thames Street
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(1)]
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England, London, Aldergate
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(2)]
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England, London, nr tower of London
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:Fig.10(3)]
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Wheeler Type V
Transitional between types III and IV
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Skye, Sheabost, Tote
- Current Location-
- Type- F
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.70]
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Colonsay, Kiloran Bay
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- Type- ?
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- 20.5cm x W: 13.5cm
- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:fig.28]
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No Picture
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Caithness, Reay
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- Type- E
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- Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:P.19]
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No Picture
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Cumberland, Hesket-in-Forest
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- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.20 (e)]
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Repton
- Current Location-
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:P.14, fig.2]
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Kew Bridge
- Current Location-
- Type- ?
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- Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:fig.9(2)]
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Wheeler Type VI
The ‘Dane Axe’ appears in Britain from 1000AD onwards.
References
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GRIEG1940
PEARSON1981
WHEELER1927
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