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Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Most of the artefacts which have been reproduced for the exhibition are visible including swords, the great helmet and a…

Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Many of the artefacts near the upper body of the burial which have been reproduced for the exhibition are visible including…

Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Showing the body of the burial including many of the artefacts which have been reproduced for the exhibition including the…

Textile weave preserved in corrosion: among finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at The Meads, Sittingbourne, Kent.

This burial ground was excavated in late 2008 by Canterbury Archaeological Trust before the development of the site. The…

AN00173425_001_l. Iron bridle-bit, rivets plated with silver. Horse-burial. 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…

AN00697144_001_l. Gilt silver spoon with baluster stem joined to hemispherical bowl by punched sub-triangular plate with zigzag; 5 holes in bowl. Plus brooches. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images…

CANCM:7520 - Spindle whorl of black pottery. (Accessions register states:
"n.b. a small ring-shaped piece of badly corroded
bronze lay at a distance
of 9" away from…

CANCM:7523 - Bird brooch, silver gilt, garnet inset in eye and tail;
niello inlay. (Accessions register states: "Objects
from this grave
disturbed before excavation…

CANCM:1982.14.23 - Circular gold pendant inlaid with cloisonné garnets
decorated with filigree wires, surmounted with
barrel shaped suspension
loop.
Found Cranmer…

BUTLER’S FIELD, LECHLADE
This site, excavated in 1985 by Oxford Archaeology, is one of the largest and most important Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Upper Thames Valley. The objects buried with the people of Butler’s Field form the core of the…