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Iron Age Torc

Lead torc worn around the neck of an Iron Age woman. Found during excavation of a rare human Iron Age burial.

Iron Age 800 BCE - 43 AD Geologic to Prehistoric

Wakerley brooch

Excavated from a burial in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, this square headed brooch is unusual in being marked with a runic inscription on the back.

Saxon 500 - 700 CE Roman and Early Medieval

Bronze Age Flint Dagger

This flint dagger was found in a male burial in a barrow along with other grave goods. It had never been used so may have been an ornamental or ritual piece.

Early Bronze Age 3300 - 2100 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Bronze Age Spoon

A rare Bronze Age Ceramic spoon found in a cremation burial found during excavations in Middleton Cheney.

Bronze Age 1970 - 1740 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Bronze Age Beaker

HIghly decorated pottery vessel, known as a Beaker pot. Found as part of a male burial marked by a Bronze Age round barrow.

2050 - 1900 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Desborough Necklace

Dating to the late 7th century the Desborough necklace belonged to a high status Anglo-Saxon woman and is likely to be explicity Christian in meaning.

Anglo-Saxon 650 - 700 CE Roman and Early Medieval

Irchester Bowls

A collection of bronze vessels, known as the Irchester bowls, found in 1874 at the site of Irchester Roman town, near Wellingborough.

Roman 350 - 399 CE Roman and Early Medieval

Eleanor Cross

This 13th century fragment of carved stone comes from the medieval cross located near Delapré Abbey, one of just three surviving Eleanor Crosses.

Medieval 1291 - 1295 Medieval to Tudor

Jewish Tombstone

This Jewish tombstone fragment is one of two surviving medieval inscriptions in England; indicating a thriving medieval Jewish community living in Northampton at the time.

Medieval 1259 - 1290 Medieval to Tudor