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| |  | | Anglo-Saxon graves contain a number of curious finds- perfectly created stave built buckets that are only a fraction of the size one would normally expect- typically in the range of 2.5 to 8" in diameter and 3 to 8" high, these stave built "buckets" are copper bound in the early Anglo-Saxon period and buried near the head (5th to 7th C), in the later period (7th to mid 8th C) the buckets are larger, iron bound and buried at the feet. Most cemeteries contain between 1 and 5 buckets and it is presumed they have some significant use in the mead hall ritual; as to the exact function we do not know, they are deposited in both male and female graves and also the graves of juveniles and the status of the burials vary from high to low status infering a function independent of the social class of the user. Daegrad Tools manufacture a range of mead hall drinking buckets based on a number of excavated finds. please click on the picture to take you to the daegrad tools website for further information |
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