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Anglo-Saxon axe head
M/1992/22
Anglo-Saxon iron axe blade with a socket for a wooden handle. This type of axe, with the cutting edge of its blade pointing up rather than straight ahead, is thought to have been thrown at enemies in battle, rather than used as a tool. This…

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…

Anglo-Saxon bronze pin
M/1992/7.
Anglo-Saxon bronze pin which was probably used for fastening clothes. It is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to…

Anglo-Saxon bronze pin
M/1992/8.
Anglo-Saxon bronze pin which was probably used for fastening clothes. It is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to…

Anglo-Saxon bronze tweezers
M/1992/9. Pair of Anglo-Saxon bronze tweezers. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in…

Anglo-Saxon brooch (pennanular brooch)
M/1992/34.
Anglo-Saxon brooch with part of the pin missing. It is made of bronze and was originally decorated with a silvery metal, probably tin, and with a pattern of dots and circles. This brooch is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by…

Anglo-Saxon bucket
M/1992/12.
Small Anglo-Saxon bucket made up of wooden staves and a wooden base held together by bronze rivets, three bronze rings around the outside and a bronze rim. A bronze strip down each side has a hole at the top where the ends of the bronze…
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