# anglosaxons exploreyourarchive lovearchives britishmuseum bbc

Here's one of the mounts. The swirling spirals & shield-like pelta motifs, like the use of rich red enamel, characterised the Celtic-speaking peoples of Britain & Ireland. The favoured these hanging bowls & most surviving examples come from their graves

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2019-07-23

ship burial was discovered 80 years ago. Here’s a photo of a couple watching a TV show a about the find, which was filmed by in in 1950, the first TV show to be filmed there.

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2019-05-09