LIFE IN THE AGE OF BEOWULF

RUNTIME: 50 MINS

CAT: AWA192
UPC: 881482319299
RRP: $14.95

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is set in 125 acres. Here in the 1960s and 1970s a series of archaeological digs revealed the remains of a substantial settlement of over seventy houses of which eight have been reconstructed.

The earliest remains, going back as far as 420 B.C., coincide with the period during which the Roman legions withdrew from Britain, leaving it open to the Anglo-Saxon invasions. 

The village was settled until 650 AD, the age of Beowulf, when the poem was composed and recited by the bards. Our host, Lance Alexander, is the acknowledged expert in this field.