Benty Grange helmet

Benty Grange helmet

The Benty Grange helmet is an Archaeology
archaeological artefact excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1848 from an Anglo-Saxon tumulus (or "barrow") at the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire, England. It is what remains of an iron helmet with a bronze boar on the crest. This helmet matches the descriptions of warriors' helmets in "Beowulf."

The remains and a reconstruction are in Sheffield's Weston Park Museum.

ee also

* In Norse mythology, the boar talisman was associated with Freyja's role as battle goddess.

External links

* [http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~aczkdc/tenyrs/benty.html the relevant chapter of "Ten Years' Diggings"]
* [http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/Tour/weapons/Benty.html the Benty Grange helmet with illustrations and quotes from "Beowulf"]
* [http://www.idigsheffield.org.uk search this site for images of the helmet and other finds from the Benty Grange burial]


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