Hosker, G [sword of Cartimandua 01] the Sword of Cartimandua
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“It was cunningly hidden on a low crest of land jutting out from the valley sides. Unless you knew where to look it would appear natural. The entrance looked like a small rock fall. They arrived there towards sunset. All the omens looked propitious for the burial; the sun was slowly setting and the evening was as calm as it had been for many days. Overhead the ravens and crows circled and called to each other, it seemed to be an omen from the gods. Macha and Lenta were in charge of this part ...of the ceremony. In the Brigante it was the women who buried the dead and said the holy words. Ulpius had left the legionaries and his auxiliaries at the camp and he stood with Marcus and the last of the queen’s bodyguards as Lenta and Macha prepared her body for its final journey. The jewels and ornaments brought by Marcus from her capital were placed on her body. Her torc was fixed around her neck.Marcus wondered how they would get the body into the barrow for they had no tools and there appeared to be no entrance.MoreLess
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