09-06-2009, 12:52 PM
Most of the Valsgarde and Vendel helms are 7th C in Date, the Valsgarde 8 seems to have been the earliest one being deposited early 6th C, of course these are only deposition dates, stylistically they're all the same, including the Sutton Hoo helm, since these sort of visored, decorated crest helms don't appear before, or after I'm inclined to think they were all made at roughly the same time (within 50 years of each other) and then deposited in graves at different periods depending on how long the family who owned it kept it.
Stuart Davies
