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Reconstruction of Burial Chamber at Sutton Hoo
A reconstruction of the chamber in the Sutton Hoo ship burial. This is on display at the visitor's centre.
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…
Photographs from Sutton Hoo
A collection of photographs of burial mounds, artefacts and reconstructions at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk.
Brooch (4) - The Meads, Sittingbourne
Brooch.
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 site dates to the 6th and 7th…
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 site dates to the 6th and 7th…
Finds from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery site at Butler's Field, Lechlade
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…
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…
Anglo-Saxon Discovery Case images
Images of the display cases used in the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' exhibition, 2005
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…