Forensic Fashion
(c) 2006-present R. Macaraeg

Email:
ruel@
ForensicFashion.com

>Costume Studies
>>793 Viking hersir
>>>ax
Subject: hersir sea raider
Culture: Scandinavian / Norse
Setting: Viking Age, northern Europe 8th-10thc
Object: skeggöx 'bearded ax'


​National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland *
"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 

​* 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."








* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland
"Iron axehead  Fishamble St." ...  
"Iron axehead  Winetavern St." ...
"Human skull with sword or axe cuts  Fishamble St." ...​
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland *
"Iron axehead  Derreen Lough, Co. Roscommon" ...
Iron axehead  Drakestown, Co. Meath" ...
"Iron axehead  Moylarg, Co. Antrim" ...


* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland 
"Three iron axeheads  Christchurch Place, Fishamble St." ...




National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland *
"Two iron axeheads" ...


​* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland
"Iron axehead" ...


National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Ireland *
"Iron axehead with wooden handle No locality" ...


* Windlass Steelcrafts
​> event photos