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Images and captions from the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' site.

Viking brooch, Buckles, Needle Case, Pendant, Bracelets, Rings, Viking man, Cuerdale Hoard, Chape, Stirrups, Strap distributor, Sword, Where Did the Vikings Come From?

Teachers' resources from the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' site.

Several photographs of the remains of the earthworks/defences commonly termed Offa's Dyke. These were taken south of Selattyn, just north of the B4580 near Oswestry. Asser mentions a dyke that ran from 'sea to sea' at the time of Offa, but modertn…

It seems likely that the surname Chessell arose from a place-name originally meaning ‘chest hill’. At least two places in England at one time were known as Chesthill or variations on that name in accordance with Old English (Anglo-Saxon)…

This is an illustration of Anglo-Saxon Leicester from the south. It is set in the early Anglo-Saxon period when existing roman buildings are utilised as improvised shelters as well as new build cottages.
the surrounding scrub and forest is being…

In 2010, the Friends of Corhampton Saxon Church, with help from many Saxon-related organisations and the local schools, organised a festival to celebrate the Saxon history and culture of the Meon Valley
Corhampton is in the Meon Valley, 15 miles from…

LIST OF PHOTOS:

1. Back of castle

2. Castle and harbour (1)

3. Castle

4. Castle and harbour (2)

5. Causeway danger sign

6. Causeway w/ emergency shelter (1)

7. " (2)

8. Celtic cross laid out on the ground with stones. I…

These notes describe a project carried out at the Manchester Museum in the University of Manchester as part of the redisplay of the museum galleries in 1999-2000, to recolour a set of casts of the crosses at Bewcastle and Ruthwell churches acquired…

This bronze statue by sculptor John McKenna ARBS is situated in Evesham town centre, on the edge of the town market square. It commemorates the legend of Eof's vision. The legend is that while searching for his pigs on the banks of the River Avon,…

The legend of the founding of Evesham is that while searching for his pigs on the banks of the River Avon, Eof, a swineherd, received a vision of the Virgin Mary. Eof related this vision to Ecgwine (Saint Egwin), Bishop of Worcester. Ecgwine founded…