This pendant or bracteate comprises a circular gold disc with a decorated centre surrounded by single ring of repousse bosses and two rows of neatly-executed ring and triangle punchmarks. This style of decoration is strongly characteristic of English rather than Scandinavian metalwork. There is a suspension loop, below which are applied wire volutes and spirals with Kentish parallels. Its outer rim is beaded, but is variable. This bracteate is a relatively individualistic piece with no close parallels. A bracteate is a flat, thin single-sided gold medal worn as jewellery that was produced in Northern Europe. The manufacture of these items probably originated with Roman and Byzantine portrait medallions. Fitted with a suspension loop, most were intended to be worn around the neck on a chain or cord. Extensive excavations in 1994 on Long Hill, Buckland, just outside of Dover, unexpectedly revealed another large portion of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery. This cemetery was previously known from excavations carried out further uphill between 1951 and 1953 where 170 Anglo-Saxon graves were identified and dated to the period c AD 475–750. Over 240 graves were discovered with the remains of 233 individuals, comprising men, women and children. Some of the graves contained grave offerings. The graves identified in 1994 fall within the period c AD 450–650. The pendant or bracteate was found within the chest area of a female aged 25–30 who had been buried with a number of grave goods that included an iron knife, a weaving batten and a chatelaine of two sets of keys suspended from iron rings. Glass vessels, gemstones and colourful glass beads were also found in the grave. Excavations revealed that the steep hillside that formed the cemetery had been cut by a series of cultivation terraces sealed with thick colluvium. It was noted that the positions of the graves within the cemetery must have been marked in some way as they were generally respected by later grave diggers. All of the burials were broadly aligned north-west to south-east, following the contour of the hillslope. Most of the bodies had been interred fully clothed and just over two thirds of the burials contained grave goods, with a significant number richly furnished. Several of the high status male burials were interred with an iron sword, whilst other males were provided with a spear and sometimes a shield. The burials of high status women were accompanied by fine brooches, beads of coloured glass and amber and a variety of fittings and personal equipment. The location of an associated settlement remains unidentified but presumably lay somewhere below the cemetery, perhaps next to the Roman road and River Dour. The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Buckland remains one of the most important post-Roman cemeteries to be excavated in southern Britain.