Discovery of Coppergate Helmet

Date: May 12, 1982 • Location: London, United Kingdom

The Coppergate Helmet (pictured), the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered.

The Coppergate Helmet is an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet found in York, England. It was discovered in May 1982 during excavations for the Jorvik Viking Centre at the bottom of a pit that is thought to have once been a well.