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M/1992/41

This bronze needle is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and…

2009CA7127_jpg_l. This is an Anglo-Saxon comb probably made in the 8th - 9th century. This comb is in bone with a single row of teeth, the top arched and terminating in recurved dragon heads. On each side are pierced bone plates incised with circles…

A series of web pages based around using the Thesaurus of Old English for teaching purposes. The Thesaurus is at: http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/oethesaurus/
© University of Glasgow, and these pages were put together by Carole Biggam, Robyn…

AN00789233_001_l. Whale-bone rectangular panel from a writing-tablet recessed at the back and with two holes for thongs: one corner is broken away. On the front is a quadripartite knot design incised in low relief within a square frame and set with a…

AN00468142_001_l. Iron key; handle broadening and flattening towards the top; two projections. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00468142_001_l. century Iron key; handle broadening and flattening towards the top; two projections. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and…

Various photographs of the halls and huts at Bede's World. These include interior and exterior shots, construction details, farming implements, etc.

Link to website www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

A recreation of a 7th century building using authentic tools and materials. Costumes and artefacts.

Further information at www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

The hedge on the horizon, a familiar feature on the road out from Countess Wear to the M5 interchange at Sandy Gate, is an unremarkable feature of modern Exeter. It is nevertheless very ancient, being part of the boundary of the estate of Topsham…

The Middle Saxon cemetery in the Close of Exeter Cathedral consisted of a mix of burials: some simple inhumations, others ‘charcoal burials’. One of the latter type is shown here: the body of an adult has been laid on a bed of charcoal, which…