The Dinham Pommel is a cap believed to have been stripped from the end of a small Saxon sword or dagger. The mount was declared treasure by coroner John Ellery at an inquest at Shrewsbury's ...
Modern studies of wounds on skeletons found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent show that these beautiful swords also worked: "Male, aged 25-35 years … has a single linear cranial injury 16 ...
Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 67, Issue. 1, p. 73. A wide-ranging study of the significance of swords throughout the whole Anglo-Saxon period, offering valuable insights into the meaning of and attitude ...