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The Mold gold cape [1] [2] (Welsh: Clogyn Aur yr Wyddgrug) [3] [4] is a ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from Wales dating from about 1900–1600 BC in the British Bronze Age. [5] It was found at Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833. [6] The cape is thought to have formed part of a ceremonial dress, perhaps with ...
Mold Cape detail. Local politicians including two Delyn Assembly Members, Alison Halford, [1] [2] and Hannah Blythyn, [3] Denbighshire councillor Mabon ap Gwynfor, [4] former librarian of the National Library of Wales Andrew Green, [5] [6] the Celtic League and Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd have called for the Mold gold cape to be repatriated back to Wales.
The Mold cape, a gold cape from Wales dating to 1900–1700 BC.. Prehistoric Wales in terms of human settlements covers the period from about 230,000 years ago, the date attributed to the earliest human remains found in what is now Wales, to the year AD 48 when the Roman army began a military campaign against one of the Welsh tribes.
In South Wales, gold is found in a small area in the valley of the River Cothi at Dolaucothi where it is known to have been mined by the Romans. Celtic jewellery such as torcs were worn by early Welsh princes, and ancient gold artefacts found in Wales include the Mold Cape and the Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc, found at the Cwmystwyth Mines in 2002.
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Finds from the Bush Barrow at Stonehenge, c. 1900 BC The Mold gold cape.Bronze Age, about 1900–1600 BC. From Mold, Flintshire, North Wales. The Wessex culture is the predominant prehistoric culture of central and southern Britain during the early Bronze Age, originally defined by the British archaeologist Stuart Piggott in 1938.
Gold coins buried in a small pot and dated to the fifth century B.C. were discovered in modern-day Turkey. Archaeologists believe that the coins—based on their location underneath a Helensitic ...
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