The Waendelingas

The Wændelingas

Examlpes of our impressions

Wændelingas Free Woman
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a "Free-woman" in Kentish attire from Dover Buckland
(photograph at Sutton Hoo)
a local "Thane"
(photograph at West Stow Anglo Saxon Village)
warrios   warrios
warriors (photographs in woodland at Sutton Hoo)

Mercian Trail, Repton    Mercian Trail, Repton

Guarding the Staffordshire Hoard on the Mercian Trail at Repton Church.
(The Wændelingas supplied two members to participate in school visits to the church and touring exhibition)

Examples of our replicas

The knife and buckles from the Wollaston warrior burial
The helmet from the Wollaston warrior burial
Shield boss and disk from Barton Seagrave.
Bronze disk with gold and silver (as original)
Replica of brooch from Dover Buckland cemetery grave 245. Silver with gold vermeil, patterned foiling and real hand cut garnets (as original)
Spear head from Nassington

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Sources used for reconstructions shown above:
Textiles & costume design - Walton-Rogers, P., 2006. Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England: AD 450-700 (CBA Research Reports)
Wollaston - Meadows, I., 2004. An Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire
Nassington - Leeds, E & Atkinson, R., 1944. “An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Nassington, Northants” in The Antiquaries Journal vol XXIV pp100-128
Barton Seagrave - Dickinson, T., 2005. "Symbols of Protection: The Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England", in Medieval Archaeology 49 (1) pp109-163
Dover Buckland - Parfitt, K. & Anderson, T. 2012. Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Dover