Digging the Dead

Running until Friday 19 December - FREE entry

Don't miss Donington le Heath's lastest exhibition - Digging the Dead. Find out about the archaeology of 5,000 years of death and burial in Leicestershire and Rutland.

The exhibition explores how burial rites reflect beliefs and displays a range of objects taken to the grave by local period over the last 5,000 years. Objects – many on display for the first time - include a flint tool kit found with a Neolithic skeleton at Husbands Bosworth; a beaker from Smeeton westerby; replicas of gold bracelets (now at the British Museum) from a Bronze Age burial mound at Lockington; a miniature shield, probably a good luck charm found with an Iron Age skeleton at Breedon on the Hill; an iron knife and 2 pots found with a Roman skeleton during the building of the Great Glen Bypass; a Roman bronze skillet that was used to hold a cremation at Hallaton; and Anglo-Saxon brooches and weapons from a number of sites including Wigston Magna.

Take an exclusive look at the fascinating facts and artifacts related to the archaeology of death and burial over the centuries including ...

Also linked to the Digging The Dead exhibition is a talk on Friday 31 October at 7.30pm by Peter Liddle on death and burial in Leicestershire over the last 5,000 years. The talk is free - booking is essential.

Donington le Heath Manor House is near Hugglescote, Coalville. Admission and car parking is free. The Manor House is open 7 days a week, 11am to 4pm.

For further information about the exhibition or to reserve a place at the talk, telephone the Manor House on 01530 831259 or email dlhmanorhouse@leics.gov.uk

To find out about other events happening at Donington le Heath Manor House see the Leicestershire Events Guide.