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This fire steel was excavated from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Brighthampton in Oxfordshire. The fire steel (AN1966.18) was probably also a purse mount and would have formed part of a purse or pouch. A fire steel was a vital object to Anglo-Saxons since it would be used to light fires. |
| The only other object found in this grave was a knife (AN1966.17). |  |
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