Coin with a loop for use as a pendant showing the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, 395 - 423 CE.

Coin with a loop for use as a pendant showing the emperor with a labarum and with his foot on a captive.

Roman gold coin pendant
Found Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

Evidence for lingering prestige of Roman Empire. 🤔

The gold was not melted down in the 7th Century, the coin was kept & refashioned into a pendant.

The coin depicts the Western Roman Emperor Honorius, 395 - 423 CE.

#FindsFriday #Roman #AngloSaxon

We just listed dozens of new pieces including these Early Medieval inspired treasures! Head over to our website for the full hoard.✨

#viking #pictish #anglosaxon #earlymedieval #merovingian

Runaway Nuns in Norman England

#AngloSaxon noblewomen took shelter from the invading Normans in nunneries. Did that make them brides of Christ?

🔓 Maria Ciszkowicz’s new History Matters is free for 7 days

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If you want to see more of Donald Mace William's poems, I've got his entire collection of Anglo-Saxon style riddles over here:

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#alliterative #poetry #anglosaxon #riddles #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Cheese custard in earthenware dish with wooden spoon. Bread board with loaf of bread and one slice cut with cheese custard spread onto it. Buff linen surface.

Cheese custard (Cyse Briw) is a spicy cheese spread, Anglo-Saxon in origin. It’s very good spread on hot toast!

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #recipe #cheese #anglosaxon #spreads

If Anglo-Saxon Stones Could Talk

In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.

⌛️ Last chance to read the new Out of the Margins for free

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The late Anglo-Saxon west doorway at Holy Trinity Church in Colchester. Dating to the mid-11th century, the doorway incorporates re-used Roman bricks. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Colchester #AngloSaxon

If Anglo-Saxon Stones Could Talk

In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.

🔓 Eleanor Parker’s latest column is free for 7 days

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If Anglo-Saxon Stones Could Talk

In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.

🔓 Eleanor Parker’s latest column is free for 7 days

www.historytoday.com/archive/out-...

7 Mar 786: d. St Eosterwine second #Anglosaxon abbot of Wearmouth, a cousin of St Benedict Biscop #otd

HISTORY ANTIQUITIES ST NEOTS 1820-4 CORNWALL HUNTINGDONSHIRE Plates ANGLO SAXON

#books #antiquarian #history #StNeots #Huntingdon #Cambridge #Cornwall #anglosaxon #topography #EnglishCivilWar #England #bookauction
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When it comes to block lifting, we've got it covered...literally

Join archaeologist Candice and the #OCAArchTeam working out at @sizewellc.bsky.social as they carefully extract delicate artefacts in a technique called block-lifting

@cotswoldarch.bsky.social #archaeology #Suffolk #AngloSaxon

A colurised Victorian representation of the baptism of the Viking king Guthrum in 878, following his defeat by King Alfred the Great. The illustration shows Guthrum kneeling while being baptized, with King Alfred of Wessex present as his godfather. This event marked a crucial moment in Anglo-Saxon history, leading to a lasting peace treaty between the Saxons and the Danes in Britain.

Alfred, Gunthrum & Danelaw The making of England. Dr Toby Purser, University of Northampton takes us on a tour of the Viking invasion of England. FREE Zoom talk https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/fostp 25 Mar 2026, 19.30 GMT. No Guthrum, no Alfred, no Alfred, no […]

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It’s #forgefriday again!

This tiny treasure is inspired by a gold plaque found during excavations at the Bamburgh castle, the home of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

What other behind the scenes videos would you like to see? These are fun to make.😁

#Bamburghcastle #uhtred #thelastkingdom #anglosaxon

Our latest online magazine article explores shipbuilding in the 9th to 11th centuries. Using evidence from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it challenges the idea that King Alfred the Great founded the English navy. 📃

Read now 🔗 : buff.ly/PIpN9ys
#navalhistory #anglosaxon #militaryhistory #medieval #NRS

Polychrome glazed relief tile from the Old Minster at Winchester. Dating to 971-980, the tile came from the area of the high altar. Now part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Winchester #AngloSaxon

With a bit of rounding, comes out to about 30% or slightly above, which I think is about right.

I think #Vikingancestry (I think not considering ones of #British, #Irish or #AngloSaxon origin, some #Angles and #Saxons will have been Viking. I think it could well account for 15% of my #autosomalDNA.

Just the latest of my AncestryDNA results from last year.

I did a sort of estimate of #AngloSaxon ancestry, assume 40% for the areas of #Yorkshire (labelled #EastMidlands), #NorthEastEngland and #SouthEastEnglandandNorthwesternEngland (prob #Norfolk in my case) & #Denmark and around 1/7 for ones labelled as #CelticandGaelic.

The River Seven thwarted out visit to Odda's Chapel (C1086, #AngloSaxon Early #Medieval) , Deerhurst, Tewksbury, though the adjacent Church of St Mary is amazing.
My toy drone had a good view.
The flood water was getting up to the small hill that the chapel and church are on.

"Medieval English/Saxon Warrior" Sticker for Sale by RHFay Clad in byrnie (short mail shirt) and spangenhelm (helmet of plates riveted to a framework), an early medieval English/Saxon warrior carries a round shield and wields a winged spear in this original i...

Sold 2/4/2026 through Redbubble to an admirer of art in Australia:
1x Sticker of Medieval English/Saxon Warrior.
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Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
#redbubble #sticker #medieval #anglosaxon #saxon #english #warrior

Skeletons found in mysterious pit died violent deaths in Anglo-Saxon-era England | CNN In an idyllic corner of an English field, archaeologists uncovered a pit filled with skeletons that bore the signs of violent death.

Fascinating #History-of-Medicine report from #Archeology dig in #England. #Viking #AngloSaxon #Burial #Trepanning #Migraine #Behavioral_Sciences
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Why I Wrote... The Blood and the Ghost By Alexander Rooksmoor.Quite often I have been inspired to write a short story or even a novel as a result of disliking how a story I have read or seen turns out. The Blood and The Ghost was stimulate...

SLP #AlternateHistory #author Alexander Rooksmoor describes why he wrote "The Blood and the Ghost", a tale of #AngloSaxon #England and the #Vikings, which involves inspiration - or otherwise - from #TheLastKingdom by #BernardCornwell and its TV adaptation. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...

Nottingham exhibition shows artefacts from Anglo-Saxon cemetery Artefacts from a cemetery at Broughton Lodge, in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds are being put on display.

📣 Exhibition now open.

Find out about the people from #AngloSaxon Broughton Lodge and their international trade links @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Museum of #Archaeology, Lakeside.

Read more about it with quotes from Prof Chris Loveluck here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🏺

Sutton Hoo helmet. Excavated 1939 in a 7thC ship burial, both functional as a helmet & highly decorative. Helmet, which had degraded to fragments over centuries has been painstakingly reconstructed more than once. On display @britishmuseum.bsky.social #suttonhoo #suttonhoohelmet #anglosaxon #saxon

A hook fastener with an animal (rat?) & interlaced plant design.

Hooked tag
9th Century
Found Chippenham, #Cambridgeshire

Used for fastening clothing, bags & purses.
Made from silver & niello (an inlay of copper, silver, & lead sulphides).

Animal & interlaced plant design once stood out against a dark background.

Now in Ely Museum.

#FindsFriday #AngloSaxon

We’ve got a very unique piece to show you today! As mentioned a few posts back, we’ve noticed how well the Sutton Hoo helmets fit over the Woden Head pendants, so I riveted the two together and gave this new piece a nice gold plate finish.✨

#anglosaxon #woden #suttonhoo

The university of Reading now excavating Cookham Abbey in Berkshire. I was reading about the Abbey and its Mercian queen patron (and later Abbess) recently, so this could be interesting.

#booksky #historysky #AngloSaxon

Brr. Chilly and breezy today in the workshop! Some bench peg photos of what is being worked on today. Nice mix of #pictish #roman #anglosaxon and #insular :)

Cheers abody!

⚔️ Love epic battles and dark age heroes?

The Serpent Sword by Matthew Harffy delivers thrilling Anglo-Saxon action from start to finish.

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#HistoricalFiction #AngloSaxon #BookSky

News - Anglo-Saxon Buildings Found Near Norman Castle in England - Archaeology Magazine EAST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of York, an excavation in […]

Anglo Saxon buildings, including a possible malthouse, clay floor and drying kiln. Also a feasting hall. Very nice indeed. #malt #ale #AngloSaxon 🏺🍻
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