It shares its basic form with the helmet found at Wollaston (1997), joining that find and those at Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Shorwell (2004) and Staffordshire (2009), as one of the "crested helmets" that flourished in England and Scandinavia from the sixth through to the eleventh centuries.
It shares its basic design with the helmet found at Wollaston (1997), joining this find with those discovered at Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Shorwell (2004) and Staffordshire (2009). This ensemble of helmets, known as "crested helmets," was widespread in England and Scandinavia from the sixth to the eleventh centuries.