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Harpole Treasure

2022 archaeological discoveriesAnglo-Saxon archaeologyAnglo-Saxon artAnglo-Saxon burial practicesAnglo-Saxon sites in England
Archaeological sites in NorthamptonshireHistory of NorthamptonshireHoards from Anglo-Saxon BritainHoards of jewellerySubterranea of the United KingdomTreasure troves in EnglandUse British English from December 2022

The Harpole Treasure is a collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts excavated at a bed burial discovered in spring 2022 in Harpole, Northamptonshire, England. It includes a necklace described as "the most ornate of its kind ever found". The Anglo-Saxon site dates to between 630 and 670 CE. The woman buried at the site is presumed to have been of high status in the early Christian church. The archaeological site is classified as a bed burial, in which the person, typically a woman of high status, was interred on top of a bed.

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