Anglo-Saxon Period
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Transcript of Anglo-Saxon Period
Invasion of Britian AD 449
Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britian Angles, Saxons, Jutes,
and other Germanic tribes
Seafaring warriors
Vengeance and Bloodshed
Anglo-Saxon Settlement
of
Britian
Characteristics of Invaders
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Ancestral Tribes of Clans
Living Quarters—Mead Halls
A reconstructed Anglo-Saxon home located in West Stow in Sussex, England
Mead Hall • center of life• sleeping quarters• dining area• meeting place
• Located in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
• Discovered in 1939• Burial ship of an Anglo-Saxon king• Burial site contained 41 items of
solid gold and 37 gold coins
Sutton Hoo
7th century helmet Reconstructed from
hundreds of corroded iron fragments
Anglo-Saxon pendant probably made in the 7th century AD
found in garden soil at Sacriston, County Durham.
made of solid gold with a goldwire or filigree decoration.
Anglo-Saxon Brooch
Additional Anglo-Saxon Artifacts
King Offa’s Dyke
approximately 170 miles long running north and south
• continuous wall except for river crossings
• built in the late 8th century
Earth Embankment No fancy stonework No garrisoned posts 12 foot wide ditch on
Welsh side Height ranges from 10
to 60 feet
Construction
Monument to Power Perhaps this dyke was
a defense against raiders from Wales.
Perhaps it served as a permanent boundary between Mercia and Wales.
Perhaps it was a boundary monument to remind the Welsh of King Offa’s power and control.
Anglo-Saxon Cross Shaft Location: St. Peter Advincula
Church, Glebe Street, Stoke Re-erected on its modern
base in 1935, the fragment of 10th Century Anglo-Saxon stone cross shaft had been used as a door lintel in the church until its discovery by a gravedigger in 1876.
The square sectioned top of the cylindrical shaft has a different decorative motif on each face. However part of the side key pattern has been cut away, probably to allow its use as the church's door lintel.S
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