Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Middle Bronze Age gold pendant
Crogdlws bychan i’w roi ar neclis yw hwn ac mae iddo ddwy elfen; glain aur crwn ynghlwm wrth gorff deugonig. Gwnaed y corff o wifren aur â thrychiad crwn sydd wedi’i thorchi’n droell dyn a’i hasio i wneud crogdlws gwag â thwll yn y ddau ben. Mae’r corff yn culhau yn y ddau ben ac mae ar ei letaf yn y canol. Ar ben y tlws, rhoddwyd glain bach gwag y gellid rhoi llinyn trwyddo. Mae ôl traul ar y glain a rhannau o’r crogdlws sy’n arwydd eu bod wedi’u rhwbio a’u crafu wrth gael eu defnyddio.
Crogdlws mwclis aur, 1300-1150 CC. Roedd Cymru wrth wraidd traddodiad aur Ewrop yr Iwerydd yn ystod Canol Oes yr Efydd. Roedd y crogdlws mwclis aur hwn yn rhan o gelc Burton, a gladdwyd ar lannau afon Alun.
Project Title: Gold in Britain’s auriferous regions, 2450-800 BC: towards a coherent Research Framework and Strategy. Status: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Network Grant funded project (2018-2019)
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Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Burton, Wrexham
Nodiadau: Hoard. A hoard of fourteen gold, bronze and ceramic objects were found while metal-detecting in January 2004 in a recently ploughed field in the flood plain of the River Alun at Burton, near Wrexham. Thirteen of these objects were found within a 1.5-2m square area, while a fourteenth was found 24m away. All objects were found 5-20cm below the ground. Subsequently a small archaeological test pit was excavated, which clarified the location of some of the objects. It is possible the objects were deposited within a small ceramic vessel, though only a sherd of this still survives. Two further gold objects were found while metal-detecting in August 2007 a few metres from the hoard findspot and were deemed to also be part of this hoard.