Staffordshire Hoard Excavation

Archaeologists from Birmingham Archaeology have been participating in the recovery of the UKs largest haul of Anglo Saxon gold, amounting to over 1,500 items. The find, initially discovered by detectorist Terry Herbert, was recovered from a field near Lichfield, Staffordshire. The hoard includes a minimum of 84 pommel caps and 71 sword hilt collars, items inlaid with previous stones and folded crosses. Leslie Webster, former keeper at the British Museums Department of Prehistory and Europe said "This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so than the Sutton Hoo discoveries."

Archaeologists from Birmingham Archaeology have been working with Staffordshire County Council and Duncan Slarke (Portable Antiquities Scheme). Work was funded by English Heritage and Staffordshire County Council.

A selection of the finds will be on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from tomorrow Friday 24th September.

See www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk for further details of the finds.

Video courtesy of Staffordshire County Council
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www.iaa.bham.ac.uk

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Amazing what a find. Just been to see it in Birmingham worth the 3hr wait