Museum Vestsjællands archaeologists have made a startling discovery in a field near Høm. A wealthy woman was buried here around 1.800 years ago. Her grave has now been excavated.
In the grave, they found grave goods in the form of a breastplate with pearls, a so-called tutulus fibula, as well as a bone comb and sherds from two clay vessels.
The breastplate and the pearls will now be examined in more detail to give archaeologists a better insight into the find – including how many pearls are hidden, and whether there may also be more jewelry hidden.
Now we are anxiously awaiting the X-ray examinations, which will tell us how many glass beads there are, what state of preservation the finds are in, and whether more objects are hidden.
In addition, three presumed flax drying pits have been found. The dating here is still uncertain and may range from the Iron Age right up to the 1800th century. Several cooking and fire pits, wells, material-taking pits, which probably produced flax for textiles, as well as traces of individual houses, have also been found in the area.
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