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Many artefacts were recovered without their provenance being recorded; we cannot say how grave goods were disposed about the bodies except by analogy from other sites of the period; but they included a handful of Roman coins (four of them perforated for use as pendants); more than fifty brooches, various bracelets and finger rings; two swords; comb

Three items show that at least some of the participants in the battle or battles from which the hoard came were Christian. Two are crosses of marvellous workmanship, made of thin sheets of Byzantine gold and Indian garnets, both folded as if to compress them.