Bamburgh Sword

Bamburgh Sword

The Bamburgh Sword is an Anglo-Saxon artifact from the seventh century. It was uncovered by Brian Hope-Taylor, then disappeared until his death, when it was discovered in a suitcase in his attic. The sword was excavated in the first dig at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, in 1960.

The sword was almost certainly owned by a member of the royal family, probably a king. At about 80cm long, and constructed from six individual strands of carbon steel forged together, the sword would have taken several hundred hours to make, from conception to completionFact|date=July 2008, and would have been, in the words of Bamburgh Research Project director Graeme Young, "the anglo-saxon equivalent of a stealth jet". This technique, known as Pattern welding, is still used today. The Bamburgh sword is a six pattern-welded sword. In comparison, the sword from the Sutton Hoo burial was a four pattern-welded sword.

The sword is now on display in the Archaeology museum at Bamburgh Castle.

External links

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/19/nsword19.xml Telegraph: Bamburgh Sword]


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