specific than the sixth or seventh century AD has not been suggested for the Guilden Morden boar. Understood in its broader context, the boar would likely have adorned an early model of the "crested helmets" known in Northern Europe in the sixth through eleventh centuries AD. Though the remains of fifty such helmets are known, most are from Scandinavia and only five from the Anglo-Saxon period are preserved enough that their original form can be determined. These, the helmets from Benty Grange, Sutton Hoo, Coppergate, Wollaston and Staffordshire, may have shared similarities with the helmet to which the Guilden Morden boar was attached. Scandinavian helmets are also depicted artistically with boar crests, such as on one of the four Torslunda plates found in Sweden. The boars atop the helmets worn by the two warriors on the plate are highly similar to the one from Guilden Morden, and similarly appear to be fastened to their helmets with a pin and socket device. Notes References Bibliography Old English quotations above use the Klaeber text, published as Image on page 404 Images on plate XIV External links Seven photographs on the British Museum website Scanned pages of the Beowulf manuscript in the Nowell Codex held by the British Library 6th century in England 6th-century works 7th century in England 7th-century works 1864 archaeological discoveries 1864 in England 1865 archaeological discoveries 1865 in England Anglo-Saxon archaeology History of Cambridgeshire Medieval helmets Medieval European objects in the British Museum Pigs in art Wild boars