Paul Mortimer, who has created replicas of weapons found at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk - where an Anglo-Saxon burial ship was discovered - said it probably attached a sword scabbard to a warrior's belt ...

The scabbard stud, or boss - about 13mm (0.5in) in diameter and inlaid with red stones separated by strips of sheet gold - was found ... on to a thick rim of white organic material such as bone ...

A tiny Sutton Hoo-era gold and garnet mount for an Anglo-Saxon ... ship was discovered - said it probably attached a sword scabbard to a warrior's belt "with some form of very thin fabric or ...

A tiny Sutton Hoo-era gold and garnet ... a sword out of a scabbard... to make someone go through a step before taking out their sword, to stop violence erupting quickly," Dr Geake said. But Mr ...