Subject: hersir sea raider
Culture: Scandinavian / Norse
Setting: Viking Age, northern Europe 8th-10thc
Object: skeggöx 'bearded axe'
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"VIKING BURIAL Memorial Park, Islandbridge, Dublin 9th century ...
This group of iron objects comes from an excavated Viking burial. It consisted of a sword with handle inlaid with silver wires, a spearhead and an axehead. The burial was also accompanied by two handles and four nails, perhaps the fittings from a wooden casket and a painted iron object of uncertain use but perhaps used as a firesteel along with a piece of flint to light a fire."
* Jorvik Viking Centre
"Battle axes are distinctly Viking. There were many varieties of axe.
This 'bearded' axe could be used to hook an enemy's shield."
Windlass Steelcrafts *
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"Iron axehead Fishamble St." ...
"Iron axehead Winetavern St." ...
"Human skull with sword or axe cuts Fishamble St." ...
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Iron axehead Derreen Lough, Co. Roscommon" ...
Iron axehead Drakestown, Co. Meath" ...
"Iron axehead Moylarg, Co. Antrim" ...
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"Three iron axeheads Christchurch Place, Fishamble St." ...
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Two iron axeheads" ...
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"Iron axehead" ...
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland *
"Iron axehead with wooden handle No locality" ...
