This find is the sort that allows local historians, folklorists, and others, to examine what they know about a place through songs and stories and see if they can make a connection with the contents of the dig.

My people (in the US Pacific NW) were pioneers in a section of the US that had a long, rich history among the American Indian nations; what stories Indians know of their history were not transferred to what the European pioneers know of the area. There is a schism in the region's history. The thing that is possible in so many areas in the UK is that (I am guessing) people in the area now are many times removed descendants of some of the original land holders. The local repositories of history (churches, universities, museums) may be finally able to say "the song (or poem, or illuminated manuscript) that describes this bright sword happened here" and tell us who the story says was involved. That's a pretty interesting thing to be part of.

What is the oldest song that anyone knows that might fit what is being discovered here?