The Lockington gold hoard - Gwilym Hughes

This report details the results of excavations within an early
Bronze Age barrow cemetery in 1994. The barrow provided a rare
opportunity for examining in detail Bronze Age funerary practices
and associated ritual activity in a lowland context in the
English Midlands. In addition, a rich group of metalwork finds
was discovered - two gold armlets and a copper dagger. The
evidence at Lockington poses some interesting questions - why
were there grazing animals in the palisaded enclosure immediately
before the construction of the mound? and why was there no body
with the deposit? The authors offer answers to these questions
and discuss the barrow in a regional context.