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AN00756282_001_l. Iron arrow-head; lozenge-shaped with tritoritic section. 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…

AN00227879_001_l. Iron seax, with a straight cutting edge and sharply angled back, the tang offset from the blade. One face of the blade was inset with eight decorative panels, but two are now missing. They are separated from each other by short,…

AN00757266_001_l. Copper alloy figure of a boar, cast with punched eye markings, ridge along its back; possibly from a helmet. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British…

AN00032260_001_l. Iron sword blade with broad tang, pattern-welded. Hilt fittings separately mounted. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and…

AN00021093_001_l. Iron, upper end of sword-blade + down-curved guard; 2 nielloed silver bands + dotted animals & foliage on tang; triangular pommel. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered…

AN00166035_001_l. Iron pattern-welded sword blade; remains of wooden grip; T-shaped pommel; in two pieces, with one bag of fragments. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the…

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…

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…

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…

M/1992/17.
Part of the socket of an iron spear head. 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 objects were given to the old…