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Broken Anglo-Saxon iron objects
M/1992/21
Collection of broken pieces of Saxon iron, all too small and badly decayed to show what the original objects looked like although they probably included knives, spear heads and shield bosses. These are some of the Saxon objects found by…
Collection of broken pieces of Saxon iron, all too small and badly decayed to show what the original objects looked like although they probably included knives, spear heads and shield bosses. These are some of the Saxon objects found by…
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 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…
Broken Anglo-Saxon shield boss
M/1992/24
Part of the rim of a circular iron boss which was originally the centre of a Anglo-Saxon shield. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and…
Part of the rim of a circular iron boss which was originally the centre of a Anglo-Saxon shield. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and…
Broken Anglo-Saxon shield boss
M/1992/25 Half of a circular iron boss which was originally the centre of a Anglo-Saxon shield. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and September 1894.…
Broken Anglo-Saxon shield boss
M/1992/26
Circular iron boss which was originally the centre of a Anglo-Saxon shield. This 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…
Circular iron boss which was originally the centre of a Anglo-Saxon shield. This 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…
Anglo-Saxon strap-end
M/1992/29.
Anglo-Saxon strap-end, made of two bronze plates. It is decorated on one side with dots and circles and there may be faint traces of inlay. The plates split apart at one end where a leather strap was fixed into them. The strap end made it…
Anglo-Saxon strap-end, made of two bronze plates. It is decorated on one side with dots and circles and there may be faint traces of inlay. The plates split apart at one end where a leather strap was fixed into them. The strap end made it…
Anglo-Saxon strap-end
M/1992/30.
Anglo-Saxon strap-end made of two plates of bronze, decorated on one side with a stylised horse's head. The plates are split apart at one end to hold a leather strap. The strap end made it easier to thread the strap through a buckle. This…
Anglo-Saxon strap-end made of two plates of bronze, decorated on one side with a stylised horse's head. The plates are split apart at one end to hold a leather strap. The strap end made it easier to thread the strap through a buckle. This…
Anglo-Saxon long brooch
M/1992/36
Bronze Anglo-Saxon brooch decorated with a pattern of raised lines. The remains of the iron pin used to fasten it can be seen on the back. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in…
Bronze Anglo-Saxon brooch decorated with a pattern of raised lines. The remains of the iron pin used to fasten it can be seen on the back. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in…
Anglo-Saxon long brooch
M/1992/37
Anglo-Saxon brooch decorated with a pattern of lines, dots and circles. It was made of bronze decorated with a silvery metal, probably tin, and fastened with an iron pin, the remains of which can be seen on the back. This brooch is one of…
Anglo-Saxon brooch decorated with a pattern of lines, dots and circles. It was made of bronze decorated with a silvery metal, probably tin, and fastened with an iron pin, the remains of which can be seen on the back. This brooch is one of…
Anglo-Saxon long brooch
M/1992/38.
Anglo-Saxon brooch, made of bronze and decorated with a pattern of raised and carved lines. It may originally have been gilded. The pin is missing. This brooch is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building…
Anglo-Saxon brooch, made of bronze and decorated with a pattern of raised and carved lines. It may originally have been gilded. The pin is missing. This brooch is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building…