Entering the Saxon Hall: Time Team meets Anglo-Saxon expert Helena Hamerow

We catch up with old friend and authority on Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Prof Helena Hamerow for a wide ranging discussion, covering everything from Saxon royal power bases to discoveries including the Staffordshire Hoard.

Helena – a key contributor to our dig at Sutton Courtenay, featured in last week’s Time Team Classic – takes a closer look at Saxon royal great halls, including an incredible recent reconstruction at a neighbouring site in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Prof Hamerow also sheds light on a fascinating period of history when royal women wielded a significant degree of power and influence.

Watch Time Team Classics episode, ‘In the Halls of a Saxon King (Sutton Courtenay) here: https://youtu.be/SttjCzjJ8VA

Discover more about the Sylva Foundation and the amazing Saxon hall reconstruction, the House of Wessex, here: www.sylva.org.uk

Lead image, Saxon hall reconstruction, re-enactors photos and video: © Gabriel Hemery.

CGI reconstruction film credits:
Evie Troy of troyproductions.co.uk
Dan Fisher of dan@danielfisher.co.uk



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