The bronze-gilt square-headed brooch was originally discovered in Market Overton in Rutland A brooch dating from Anglo-Saxon times has been returned to a museum 26 years after it was stolen.
Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan, but after the conversion to Christianity in the AD600s astonishing artwork was made for churches.
during the Anglo-Saxon period. The fully intact vessel was placed at the head of an adolescent female, whose grave also included two plain brooches. The Scremby Cup is 2.2 inches (5.7 centimeters ...
Copper-gilded brooches, iron shield bosses and Anglo-Saxon spear heads were among the finds made by the metal detectorist. University of Sheffield One of the burials contained a skeleton of a ...
brooches, and buckles. In all, the cemetery is thought to contain about 200 burials. To read about an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall unearthed in southeastern England, go to "The Kings of Kent." ...
County finds liaison officer Lori Rogerson said these coin brooches or badges were the "most popular pieces of jewellery" during the last Anglo-Saxon king's reign and, with its cross design ...