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Early Saxon Brooch
An Early Saxon brooch with a swastika design found in Old Hunstanton, NHER 1142. How do you think the decorative circles were made? Copyright Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. To find out more download the Change Your Style Resource pack from the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website (www.he...
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Early Saxon Pendant
An Early Saxon pendant from Blakeney Chapel, NHER 37793. Is the design in the middle of the pendant an animal or an abstract design? Copyright Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. To find out more download the Change Your Style Resource pack from the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website (www.h...
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Early Saxon Brooch
An unusual Early Saxon brooch from Hindringham, NHER 29134. What kind of creature is depicted on the brooch? Copyright Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. To find out more download the Change Your Style Resource pack from the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website (www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk)
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Buckle
Replica of the great gold buckle found at Sutton Hoo in Burial mound 1. The large gold buckle shape was similar to Frankish buckles but English craftsman had transformed it by decorating with superb carvings four dragons writing around the plate and knotted serpents a style that evolved in South-eas...
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Sword
Sword and Ceremonial 'whetstone' or 'sceptre', with a bronze stag at the top. It was found at Sutton Hoo (burial mound 1, though to be the burial of a king possibly Raedwald, and is now in the British museum. Picture taken summer 2006.
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Eagle
In Saxon times power and status was displayed through the arts. Early English and Germanic art shows craftsmen skilled in enamel and colored glass, carved gold ornaments. This eagle was part of the decoration of a shield that was found in a ship burial at Sutton Hoo, dating from the early 7th centur...
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Purse and Buckle
This purse top, was found in the grave of a rich Anglo-Saxon warrior at Sutton Hoo. Some people think the grave may have been King Raedwald's, who died around 625. The purse would have hung from a belt at the waist. In the purse were 37 coins together with 3 blanks and 2 small ingots. Each coin came...
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Detail from a Purse ...
Details from a purse lid that was found in the grave of a rich Anglo-Saxon warrior at Sutton Hoo. Some people think the grave may have been King Raedwalds's, who died around 625.
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Details from a Purse...
Details from a purse lid that was found in the grave of a rich Anglo-Saxon warrior at Sutton Hoo. Some people think the grave may have been King Raedwalds's, who died around 625.
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Details from Horse H...
A detail from a highly decorated horse harness that was found in a grave at Sutton Hoo in which was buried a young warrior and his horse, dating from the 7th century.
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Detail from a Buckle
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Celtic Art in Saxon ...
Raised patterns infilled with enamels or red and blue showed the Celtic craft of this time. Made in the British traditions in the Celtic north and west in the British tradition.
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Clasp
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Sutton Hoo Helmet
After excavation of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, the finds were studied and dated. Broken and crushed fragments were reassembled. One of the reassembled items was a helmet. It was decorated with figures similar to those found in Sweden and Germany. The rich grave was thought to be an Angl...
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Sutton Hoo Helmet
After excavation of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, the finds were studied and dated. Broken and crushed fragments were reassembled. One of the reassembled items was a helmet. It was decorated with figures similar to those found in Sweden and Germany. The rich grave was thought to be an Angl...
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Saxon Post
Picture taken at West Stow Museum.
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