These are a few pictures from the new Dvizes Museum's Stonehenge exhibition showing the treasures excavated around the monument.
It's a new £750K state of the art gallery which means lots of space around the artifacts and lots of pretty graphics. Personally I prefer the older style displays with more content than style but then I'm a bit of a luddite I guess.
Still on with the pictures:
Firstly a reconstruction of the Bush Barrow burial
Many of the artifacts on display were found here including the two gold lozenges. A very high status burial indeed.
This large lozenge was found on his breast
And the small one to his side. It is somewhat overpowered by the display!
Another small gold disc. This is a gold fitting for a dagger sheath.
Some gold jewellery as well - a gold cylindrical bead bracelet or necklace
Finally more body adornments- these were labelled as belonging to the Shamen.
It was lovely to be able to see some of the finds from Stonehenge and the surrounding area and fitting that they are now displayed at Devizes rather than in a remote museum in London.
