Bronze strap-end
A bronze strap-end. This would have been attached to a leather strap that was used as a belt.
AD 801 - AD 900
Bronze strap-end
A bronze strap-end. This would have been attached to a leather strap that was used as a belt.
AD 801 - AD 900
Bronze 'Stud'
This worn disc-headed bronze stud was old when it was placed into the bag at the Cunning Woman’s left hip. It may have been an heirloom or amulet. The other surface is plain.
AD 410 - AD 600
Bronze Work Box
A small, lidded, cylindrical box discovered buried with a child of about eight years of age. It was probably a workbox or needle box and the remnants of an attached chain suggest that it could have been ...
Bronze-bound Wooden Bucket
Bucket with a decorated iron handle, made of wooden staves bound with four bronze hoops. This bucket was discovered in a child’s grave.
6th Century A.D.
122mm x 130mm diameter
1922/23 excavations ...
Bronze-bound Wooden Bucket
Bucket with wooden staves and bound with three bronze hoops found in a female grave.
6th Century A.D.
120mm x 140mm diameter
Collection of metal objects
Iron arrowhead (top left) bronze tweezers and four iron girdle-buckles.
6th Century A.D.
Tweezers 67mm; Arrowhead 53mm
1922/23 excavations
Cremation Urns
Black earthenware cremation urns with decoration. Burnt bones were placed inside these urns. The pots were hand made (i.e. they were not made on a potter’s wheel) and were decorated by incising and stamping ...
Disc Brooch
A circular brooch with a design of five punched ring and dot decoration.
AD 410 - AD 600
Grave Goods
Collection of metal objects including two small, matching, bronze square-headed brooches and a gilded pendant (right).
6th Century A.D.
1922/23 excavations (Grave 187)
Grave Goods
The grave goods from a female burial.
From left to right:
An iron knife with an bronze ferrule (strengthening ring) between the blade and the tang (point) that was inserted into the handle. 95mm ...
Grave Goods - detail
The grave goods from a female burial.
From left to right:
An iron knife with an bronze ferrule (strengthening ring) between the blade and the tang (point) that was inserted into the handle. 95mm ...
Grave Goods - rings
The grave goods from a female burial.
Finger bones and three spiral finger rings of silver (20mm diameter). Two of them were found still encircling the finger bones.
6th Century A.D.
1922/23 excavations ...
Great Square - Headed Gilt Brooch
A fine, gilded bronze brooch, elaborately decorated with interlaced patterns and stylised faces. The rounded terminal at the base of the brooch bears the eyes and forehead of a human face. Such impressive ...
Iron knife
This knife is unusual, because it has a long bone handle that extends halfway down the blade. This means that it feels a bit like a scalpel when it is held. Could this have been a special tool used by ...
Ivory Ring
A ring of ivory (possibly boar’s tusk) used to stiffen a bag or purse. Two bronze plates and three rivets applied to the ring are probably repairs rather than decorative embellishments.
6th Century ...
Long Bead Necklace
A necklace of amber, glass and paste beads. Some of the paste beads are decorated with a stylised eye pattern.
6th Century A.D.
450mm drop
1922/23 excavations (Grave 35)
Metal Bowl
The remains of a large bronze bowl. The metal bears marks of a woven textile and deposits of decayed leather.
6th Century A.D.
140mm x 230mm diameter
1922/23 excavations (Grave 21)