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Story summary
- Metal detectorists Simon Richardson and John Benfield identified the Stamford Bridge battlefield in 2022.
- The find yielded 11th-century Saxon and Viking weapons, including spear points, arrow tips, an axe head and sword fragments.
- The battlefield lies near the River Derwent, about a mile downstream from a Roman bridge site.
- New signage now bans digging and unauthorized metal detecting at the identified site.
