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  • Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch with runic name inscribed on rear. © NMAG

    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

  • Flint dagger from Bronze Age barrow at Stanwick Lakes. © NMAG

    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 ceramic spoon © NMAG

    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 pottery vessel or Beaker © NMAG

    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

  • Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant necklace. © The Trustees of the British Museum

    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

  • One of the eight bronze Roman Bowls found at Irchester in 1874. © NMAG

    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

  • Bronze, enamelled Roman vanity set hung from a chatelaine © NMAG

    Roman Chatelaine

    This astonishingly well preserved example of a chatelaine (collection of personal grooming objects), is a high-status object made to be seen as much as used.

    Roman - first century CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Anglo-Saxon pottery vessel excavated from cemetery at Overstone Leys. © NMAG

    Anglo-Saxon Pot

    One of the objects buried with an Anglo-Saxon male in the later 6th century, this beautifully decorated pottery vessel is stamped with triangular indentations.

    Anglo-Saxon 550 - 599 CE Roman and Early Medieval