Largest ever treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold found in UK

BURNTWOOD - The largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold found near Burntwood in south Staffordshire in July has been officially declared a treasure.

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  • TelegraphMG Paul Ashbee : Archaeologist who excavated prehistoric burial mounds and the AngloSaxon ship at Sutton Hoo http://bit.ly/2S7fhf
  • bronchandler just had yummy berry brekky and off 2 sutton hoo. Had big day family treeing yesterday in suffolk
  • robyndowsett The fabulous Anglo-Saxon helmet from the Sutton Hoo burial mound http://tinyurl.com/yb6c2gx
  • bacchicdance Horton Hears a Sutton Hoo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo
  • TheAncientWeb Largest Anglo-Saxon treasure since Sutton Hoo, has been discovered buried in Staffordshire, England http://bit.ly/7KiBV
  • KatrinaStonoff Then look at this remarkable reproduction of a Saxon war helmet, based on one found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial site: http://bit.ly/7CYVD

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Sutton hoo

  • bronchandler just had yummy berry brekky and off 2 sutton hoo. Had big day family treeing yesterday in suffolk
  • paulbrichardson @shrifootring LOL. I am sure that there is virtual gold in there.
  • tomhimpe Survived a lazy day of table tennis, crazy golf and swimming. Tomorrow, we strive for a bit of culture - a trip to Sutton Hoo...
  • smannion RT @fayenicole One girl from yesterday's Sutton Hoo Headline workshop was fantastic... definite future TV presenter.
  • billromanos So cool on so many levels. Anglo-Saxon hoard even surpasses Sutton Hoo: http://tinyurl.com/yehty8q
  • gnoll110 @stilgherrian http://bit.ly/GXcaW Yer, it's an amazing find. 3 times the size of the Hutton Hoo burial ship http://bit.ly/E0y06
  • smannion Sutton Hoo celebrates 70th anniversary of discovery with garden party
  • sconsult The Staffordshire Hoard: Anglo Saxon gold found in field. May be more significant than Sutton Hoo http://bit.ly/Qr21f & http://bit.ly/GuRBo
  • allenshull New Anglo-Saxon treasure discovery, bigger than Sutton Hoo: BBC News (http://bit.ly/sFpjD) and everything on Flickr (http://bit.ly/12e4qN)
  • vklip Huge Anglo-Saxon Gold Treasure Discovered in Staffordshire, Larger Than Sutton Hoo
  • stuartcw The BBC News report of "..far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery.." made me gasp this morning = archaeology geek : http://bit.ly/vjOCa
  • trendforensics Complete search results and more: sutton hoo http://www.trendforensics.com/searches/sutton-hoo (Twitter, YouTube, News, Pics)
  • juuh Sutton Hoo http://bit.ly/ZxzM8
  • rabbitandcrow RT @BBCHistoryMag: Massive Anglo-Saxon hoard found. Bigger than Sutton Hoo http://bit.ly/3SdHcX
  • neilfws Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found The collection contains about 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, making it far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery in 1939 when 1.5kg of Anglo-Saxon gold was found near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
  • suttonhoo bigger even than sutton hoo: http://is.gd/3CdnJ (yeah, well: knew my run couldn't last forever) #archaeology
  • andrewl Massive Anglo-Saxon hoard found in Staffordshire. 'Much larger than Sutton Hoo' Wow.
  • hobbywww Sutton Hoo
  • smannion Watching BBC doc on Sutton Hoo helmet, am reminded of @psamis' admonition that our job is to *restore context*
  • chrysogon @j4ngis visited Sutton Hoo in Suffolk which has similarities with ship-burials at Vendel and Valsgarde in Sweden, familiar with them
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