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Culture / Saxons And Vikings

  1. William 1st Silver Penny William 1st Silver Penny Our family (Sweatman) emanated from the City of Oxford in England where we have two records from the Doomsday Book of ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Vikings in the Yorkshire Dales Vikings in the Yorkshire Dales This is an elaborate and rare form of 9th or 10th century Viking gold ring. It was found during the excavation of a ... Contributed by Museum
  3. Pagan Lady's Necklace Pagan Lady's Necklace A brightly coloured, thousand year old, glass bead necklace. Worn by a Viking domestic goddess? Contributed by Museum
  4. Anglo Saxon glass beaker, Dry Drayton Anglo Saxon glass beaker, Dry Drayton Anglo Saxon cone-shaped drinking glass or beaker with trail decoration in pale blue and yellow. Contributed by Museum
  5. Saxon Princess Pendant Saxon Princess Pendant A unique Anglo-Saxon gold pendant buried with a princess about 650 AD Contributed by Museum
  6. Merovingian Frankish Gold Tremissis Merovingian Frankish Gold Tremissis This gold coin dates from between 580AD and 630AD. The Merovingian Dynasty was based in ancient Gaul (which is now ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Grace Darling - 1st media celebrity Grace Darling - 1st media celebrity GRACE DARLING’s illusionary celebrity portrait – the origins of the cult of CELEBRITY and emergence of WOMEN from ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Traditional clinker built wooden dinghy Traditional clinker built wooden dinghy Boats are the single most important objects in the history of the world, bringing migrants, spreading civilisations, ... Contributed by Individual
  9. 11c depiction of English village 11c depiction of English village A cartulary dated 1444 was produced for Edmund Rede of Boarstall in Buckinghamshire. We are descendants of Edmund. ... Contributed by Individual
  10. The Ripon Jewel The Ripon Jewel The ‘Ripon Jewel’, found close to the Cathedral in 1976, is a small gold roundel 29mm in diameter. The back is a plain ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Fragment of Saxon cross Fragment of Saxon cross Kingston upon Thames, or Cyninges-tun as it was known in Saxon times, plays an important part in Anglo-Saxon history, ... Contributed by Individual
  12. Saxon Glass Claw Beaker Saxon Glass Claw Beaker Snape Anglo-Saxon cemetery lies at TM 402593 and is bisected by the A1094 which links Aldeburgh to the A12 in the ... Contributed by Museum
  13. The Viking Hoard from Moan, Orkney The Viking Hoard from Moan, Orkney This small hoard was found in Orkney in 1886. It contained glass and amber beads, a spoon and a Celtic harness mount ... Contributed by Museum
  14. Log Boat Log Boat This log boat or ‘dug out canoe’ was found in 1925 on the bed of Llangors Lake, Brecon. It has been radiocarbon dated to ... Contributed by Museum
  15. Saxon Cosmetic Brush Saxon Cosmetic Brush This is the remains of a bronze cosmetic brush handle. It was found along with other objects in grave 41 in the Saxon ... Contributed by Museum
  16. Lloyd's Bank Turd from York © YAT Lloyd's Bank Turd from York © YAT In 1972 York Archaeological Trust discovered a human stool (fæces), which dated from Viking-Age York. A very rare find ... Contributed by Museum
  17. A Viking Sock from Coppergate, York ©YAT A Viking Sock from Coppergate, York ©YAT A woollen sock recovered at Coppergate was made using a technique known in Scandinavia as nålebinding; in English we ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Saxon Tanged Iron Sword Saxon Tanged Iron Sword 1 iron sword with scabbard remains, from Grave 22, from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall ... Contributed by Museum
  19. Viking silver ingot Viking silver ingot Leicestershire was part of the Danelaw and Leicester was one of the 'five buroughs' along with Derby, Nottingham, ... Contributed by Museum
  20. Vale of York Hoard Vale of York Hoard Hoard of Viking silver probably gathered from across Europe, discovered in 2007 buried in North Yorkshire Contributed by The British Museum
  21. Saxon Burial Treasure Saxon Burial Treasure These are part of a collection of Saxon grave goods found in a village near Evesham, dating from between the 6th and 7th ... Contributed by Museum
  22. Merovingian coin pendant Merovingian coin pendant This is a Merovingian Frankish gold coin,type Belfort 2465-7, minted in Marseilles during the reign of Chlotar ll who ... Contributed by Museum
  23. Carved stone face and shoulders Carved stone face and shoulders This re used stone was discovered by builders facing in to a cellar wall in my first and most wonderful house. We don't ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Sutton Hoo helmet Sutton Hoo helmet Helmet found in the grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior king. It is one of the most iconic Anglo-Saxon finds Contributed by The British Museum
  25. Namestone Namestone This namestone is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of a gravestone or other memorial to the dead. Although they contain ... Contributed by Museum
  26. Replica Runic ring Replica Runic ring The inscription on this replica ring is written in the Runic alphabet, used by the Anglo-Saxons who lived in Britain ... Contributed by Museum
  27. A silver animal head A silver animal head A silver animal head, gilded, with a gaping mouth and eye sockets that would once have been filled with glass or ... Contributed by Museum
  28. Beaver tooth pendant Beaver tooth pendant This beaver tooth pendant was excavated from an Anglo Saxon adolescent’s grave in Watchfield, Oxfordshire. It is held ... Contributed by Museum
  29. Anglo-Saxon Balance set Anglo-Saxon Balance set This beautiful copper alloy scales set was found in an Anglo Saxon grave of a young man who died around AD 520 – 70, and ... Contributed by Museum
  30. An Anglo-Saxon female burial An Anglo-Saxon female burial A large and important Anglo-Saxon cemetery was excavated near Lechlade, Gloucestershire in 1985. The site had been ... Contributed by Museum
  31. saxon bronze strapend saxon bronze strapend found in a suffolk field, was once maybe hanging from a belt. Contributed by Individual
  32. Viking Trefoil Broach Viking Trefoil Broach This broach came from Scandanavia. It could have been a familt heirloom. It was found by a metal detector in Wiltshire. ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Viking coin of Cnut Viking coin of Cnut The Cuerdale Hoard is the largest and most important Viking coin hoard found in Britain. It was discovered on15th May ... Contributed by Museum
  34. Viking necklace Viking necklace Necklace in Viking style with silver pendants and beads of silver, glass, carnelian and crystal Contributed by Museum
  35. Part of Anglo-Saxon frieze Part of Anglo-Saxon frieze Deeply carved stone frieze of 2 birds in a vine with tendrils ending in berry bunches. The vine was a symbol of Christ. Contributed by Museum
  36. Viking Gold Arm Ring Viking Gold Arm Ring Thisbeautifully crafted armring is made of a massive 325g of gold and would have been a treasured gift of a Viking lord. Contributed by Museum
  37. Thorwald's Cross Thorwald's Cross Christianity triumphs over Paganism on this Viking Age carved stone. Contributed by Museum
  38. Red Wharf Bay arm-rings Red Wharf Bay arm-rings The Viking-age red Wharf Bay hoard. These five silver arm-rings were made in the early tenth century. Contributed by Museum
  39. York Helmet York Helmet A beautifully crafted and exquisitely decorated iron and brass helmet from Anglo-Saxon York and the most complete known. Contributed by Museum
  40. Kirk Michael Viking Silver Hoard Kirk Michael Viking Silver Hoard A Viking Age hoard containing the earliest coins minted on the Isle of Man, alongside English, Norman and Irish cash. Contributed by Museum
  41. Anglo-Saxon inscribed bone comb fragment Anglo-Saxon inscribed bone comb fragment Fragment of a bone comg inscribed in Old English Contributed by Museum
  42. Personal seal matrix of Queen Balthild Personal seal matrix of Queen Balthild Personal gold seal-ring of Frankish Queen Balthild, showing her face on one side and an erotic scene on the other. Contributed by Museum
  43. Seal Matrix Seal Matrix 11th Century seal matrix (to seal documents with wax) excavated at Hungate, Lincoln in 1985. The matrix is of walrus ... Contributed by Museum
  44. Viking Silver Penny of Harald Hardrada Viking Silver Penny of Harald Hardrada Viking silver short cross penny of Harald Hardrada (King of Norway 1047-1066). Found at Marr, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire. Contributed by Museum
  45. Crossens Canoe Crossens Canoe Dug-out canoe found in a field near Crossens, Southport radiocarbon dated to AD 535. Contributed by Museum
  46. Viking cloak pins Viking cloak pins These are two cloak pins - one would have been used by a lady and the other by a man. They date to the Viking era and I ... Contributed by Individual
  47. Anglo-Saxon inscribed bone comb fragment Anglo-Saxon inscribed bone comb fragment The fragment of a bone comb was recovered during archaeological excavations at Prebendal Manor, Nassington. To date no ... Contributed by Museum
  48. Anglo Saxon Pin Brooch Anglo Saxon Pin Brooch This brooch shows us that the area around Church Leigh near Tean was occupied in Anglo Saxon times. It shows us that ... Contributed by Individual
  49. 8thC. Anglo Saxon aestle/page turner 8thC. Anglo Saxon aestle/page turner This rare Anglo Saxon artifact was discovered on the University of Bristol's research excavation at Berkeley Castle, run ... Contributed by Individual

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