In 1859, two tombs were discovered by chance in the hamlet of Nodrenge, in Marilles.
Built of small stones and covered with stoned slabs, the adjacent tombs contained luxurious objects, including a pyramidal-head pin decorated with cloisonné and filigree, and this disc-shaped brooch. The tombs’ contents indicate that one was a man’s and the other a woman’s: men were buried with weapons, women with personal adornments, dishes and sometimes tools. The bodies were placed in wooden coffins before being laid in the earth. Other excavations undertaken in 1895 in the vicinity of these two tombs revealed the presence of thirteen other very poor burials, highlighting by contrasts the exceptional wealth of the first two.