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Anglo-Saxon sword
M/1992/10.
This sword is one of several 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 Croydon and are now…
This sword is one of several 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 Croydon and are now…
Anglo-Saxon cremation urn
M/1992/4. This pot was found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects from the site were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and are now being looked after by Croydon…
Anglo-Saxon cremation
M/1992/44. This burnt human bone is part of a collection of several Anglo-Saxon objects which were 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…
Anglo-Saxon whetstone
M/1992/23. Small rectangular Anglo-Saxon whetstone with a hole drilled through it at one end, so that it could be hung round the neck or from a belt. This is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in…
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…