Staffordshire helmet
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The Staffordshire helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered in 2009 as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. It is part of the largest discovery of contemporary gold and silver metalwork in Britain, which
Cheek guard from the Staffordshire helmet
Replica of the Staffordshire helmet, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Benty Grange helmet
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The Benty Grange helmet is an Anglo-Saxon boar-crested helmet from the 7th century AD. It was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1848 from a tumulus at the Benty Grange farm in Monyash in western Derbyshi
Staffordshire helmet
…which contained more than 4,000 precious fragments, approximately a third of which came from a single high-status helmet. Following those found at Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Coppergate (1982), Wollaston (1997), and Shorwell (2004), it is only the sixth known Anglo-Saxon helmet. The helmet, along with the…
The Benty Grange helmet, on a modern transparent support
Replica of the Benty Grange helmet at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield
Side view of the replica
Benty Grange Farm, near Monyash in the Derbyshire Dales