Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog

According to archaeologists, England relied on silver imported from France to make its own coins around 1,300 years ago. Even older English coins used silver from the eastern Mediterranean, in th...

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Most of the combs were made from red deer antler, although some were made from bone An unearthed collection of Viking combs is "extraordinary and unique in the UK", according to archaeologists....

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Edith Pretty, one of England’s first female magistrates, owned a huge estate in south-east Suffolk known as Sutton Hoo. Pretty had been aware for some time that there was something intriguing a...

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BEOWULF AND THE NORTH BEFORE THE VIKINGS BY TOM SHIPPEY ARC HUMANITIES PRESS ISBN: 9781802700138 How much history is there in the story of Beowulf? The author argues that we can learn more...

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The impact the Vikings had on Britain is being examined in a new set of stamps issued by Royal Mail.  The eight stamps feature Viking artefacts and locations of significance from around the UK...

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 Archaeologists from Archaeology South-East have uncovered traces of the Saxon town of Lundenwic beneath the National Gallery in London. Following the collapse of Roman Britain, Londoninium (Lo...

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  Tom Quad, Christ Church, Oxford University – image David Beard The Oxford Experience summer school is held at Christ Church, Oxford.  Participants stay in Christ Church and eat in ...

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The Romans ruled Britain for nearly four centuries, from 43 CE until the beginning of the fifth century. Most commentators agree that the actions of Magnus Maximus can be viewed as the beginning ...

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The Sutton Hoo Saxon ship project, spearheaded by master shipwright Tim Kirk, is a remarkable effort to reconstruct the largest Saxon ship ever discovered. Source: The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company ...

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This summer, archaeologists and a metal detectorist conducted a small survey of Herlaugshagen, at Leka in the northern part of Trøndelag County. They found something amazing. The goal was to d...

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RENDLESHAM, ENGLAND—In the eighth century, an English monk and historian known as The Venerable Bede wrote of a king’s village at “Rendlaesham,” and of a temple equipped with both Christi...

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Sutton Hoo has been home to some of the most amazing discoveries from Early Medieval England. Now, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1400-year-old, possible pre-Christian temple in t...

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The Great Heathen Army, a coalition of Norse warriors, stormed the shores of England in the late 9th century, forever altering the trajectory of the island nation's history. Originating from th...

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A reconstruction of a helmet found in the Sutton Hoo burial. (British Museum, Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) There are a significant number of Anglo-Saxon burials where the estimated anatomic...

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A detail of the Cheddar brooch after conservation work. Photograph: Museum of Somerset When it emerged from the earth it was dull, corroded and battered, the centuries it had spent lying beneat...

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A very rare Early Medieval brooch, that lay hidden for many centuries, is going on display at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. It comes from a time when the survival of Saxon Wessex was in doub...

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The high status Anglo-Saxon brooch found in a field near Cheddar, Somerset (South West Heritage Trust) GIANT SILVER BROOCH FOUND IN THE SOMERSET LEVELS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SUCH OBJECTS EVER ...

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"MAKING A WARRIOR: THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIKING AGE MARTIAL IDEOLOGIES” IS THE TITLE OF A NEW RESEARCH PROJECT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY GRANTED SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FROM NORDFORSK. PARTNERS ARE ...

http://anglo-saxon-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-to-make-viking-warrior.html

Also known as the Chillingham Cattle, Britain is home to four flocks of White Cattle living in the wild since the 12th century. The fierce and shy wild cattle living in the park at Chillingham ...

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“IPSWICH WARE” JARS AND POTS, FIRST MADE 1,400 YEARS AGO IN THE ENGLISH TOWN, ARE BEING FIRED AGAIN IN A REPLICA ANGLO-SAXON KILN THANKS TO FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY HERITAGE FUND. ...

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Teams in Tunstall have been recreating 1,400 year-old Anglo-Saxon pottery, known as 'Ipswich-ware'. Picture: Suffolk County Council Cash for the project was donated by The National Lottery Heri...

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Without DNA analysis, forensic artist Hew Morrison could not be sure of her precise eye and hair colour The face of a girl who died more than 1,300 years ago has been revealed through facial re...

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The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the seventh century (Image: Hew Morrison ©2023) The face of a teenager buried near Cambridge in the seventh century has been reconstruc...

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Gewissae was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that ruled much of southern Britain from the fifth to the seventh centuries as the island began forging a new identity in the aftermath of Roman occupation. Be...

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When King Cnut sailed to Denmark in 1019, did he bring a copy of Beowulf with him? That is the theory put forward in a new article on why the famous Old English poem was written in the early year...

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