Staffordshire Hoard
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The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5.1 kg of gold, 1.4 kg o
Flickr portableantiquities Hilt Fitting
Assorted uncleaned gold fittings, three with cloisonné gold and garnet
Sword fitting with garnet
Mercia
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Mercia was an early medieval English kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlands of Engla
Staffordshire Hoard
…discovered in 2009 in a field near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. The location was in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia at the time of the hoard's deposition. The hoard is of "radical" importance in Anglo-Saxon archaeology. The artefacts are nearly all martial in character…
The Lichfield Angel carving
Giant Mercia flag on Tamworth castle created by community groups in 2024