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Female artefacts: Desborough Necklace |
12 November 2004 |
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sacred and precious
The Domesday Book of 1086 refers to Desborough, in modern day Northamptonshire, as a 'place of judgement'. In fact the name itself is thought to have derived from 'Disburg' which meant a sacred and fortified place.
In the next in our series of female artefacts, Helen Geake, a Finds Adviser at the University of Cambridge's Archaeology Department, showed Anna McNamee an elaborate piece of 7th century jewellery - the Desborough Necklace.
More female artefacts..
Lacock Abbey
Ethelwith's ring
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