Folded iron mail armour from Folly Lane burial, c. AD 55.

Archaeology (Verulamium Museum)

Folded iron mail armour from Folly Lane burial, c. AD 55. Excavations at the Folly Lane site in 1991-2 revealed the burial of a local king who had been cremated along with a collection of expensive objects, presumably his personal posessions. These included the remains of enamelled horse equipment, a chariot and iron mail armour. All these had been placed on a funeral pyre, the culmination of an elaborate funeral ritual. Pottery excavated from the burial dates it to around AD 55. Unfortunately the identity of the decessed is something that will probably never be known for certain.

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Amy Cooke

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17/08/2007