[2][3][4][1] The site at Harpole was excavated prior to housing development by Vistry Group, an instance of developer-funded archaeology.

[2] The archaeological excavation was included in a January 2023 episode of Alice Roberts' BBC Two television series Digging for Britain.

[3] A considerable number of precious metal and stone jewellery pieces were uncovered in the excavation, many comprising one of the most ornate necklaces of its type that has been found to date.

A senior finds specialist at MOLA, Lyn Blackmore, stated that the number and ornate design of the items is considered unusual for a Christian burial of that period because the potentially ostentatious nature of such was frowned upon by the Church at that time.

Another item found in the burial was a large, elaborately decorated cross featuring depictions of a human face in delicate silver with blue glass eyes, and two pots containing an unknown residue.