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Part 1 (MP4)
TV film, first broadcast in 1966 on the BBC to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. A dramatised look at England in 1065 as Hastings approaches, with voiceover by Leo McKern. Directed by Leo Aylen.

A burial in Exeter Cathedral Close
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…

A metalworker’s crucible from Exeter
More than 40 examples of small earthenware crucibles such as this have been recovered from late Saxon and Norman deposits in various tenements at the centre of Exeter. They range in date from the 10th century to c. 1200. They show that metalworking…

A Saxon hedge–line from Devon
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…

Alsige of West Stow
An introduction to a typical village house at West Stow, delivered in Old English.

Transcript:

Welcumen béo on West Stowa. Mín nama is Alsige.
Þis is mín hús. Ðes is se hróf, séo duru, séo flór .... cum in.
Þes is mín wífman,…

An Anglo-Saxon Estate at Great Tey, Essex
An Anglo-Saxon Estate at Great Tey, Essex.

An examination of the documentary, topographical and archaeological evidence for the existence of an estate centre at Great Tey, suggesting continuity from a Roman estate centred on the villa at Great Tey.

Anglo-Saxon belt fitting
M/1992/31.
Anglo-Saxon rectangular bronze plate which would have been fixed to a leather belt. It is decorated on one side with a pattern of dots and circles, stamped into the metal. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when…

Anglo-Saxon belt fitting
M/1992/27.
Decorated Saxon bronze belt fitting. It would have been fixed to a leather belt so that other objects could be hung from it. This is one of several Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between…

Anglo-Saxon bracelet
M/1992/40.
This bronze bracelet or bangle 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…

Anglo-Saxon bronze object
M/1992/33.
Anglo-Saxon wheel-shaped bronze object with three spokes in the shape of snakes. Probably for joining three straps together or perhaps for hanging from a belt. It is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were…
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