Aur o Gymru’r Oes Efydd

Aur o Gymru'r Oes Efydd

Middle Bronze Age gold bead

Dyma glain bach crwn gwag. Mae’r glain wedi’i forthwylio a’i lunio’n fedrus, o stribed o eurddalen yn ôl pob tebyg, â phennau’r stribed wedi’i weldio’n oer at ei gilydd i wneud y ffurf wag. Efallai bod y siâp hollol grwn wedi’i greu trwy siapio’r aur, o’r tu mewn, i amlinellau ceudod â chromlin negyddol.

Glain aur crwn, 1300-1150 CC. Roedd Cymru wrth wraidd traddodiad aur Ewrop yr Iwerydd yn ystod Canol Oes yr Efydd. Roedd y glain 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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Pwnc

Archeoleg a Nwmismateg

Rhif yr Eitem

2005.68H/7

Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad

Enw'r Safle: Burton, Wrexham

Dull Casglu: metal detector

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.

Derbyniad

Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 14/10/2005

Mesuriadau

(): weight / g:0.40
(): diameter / mm:7.3
(): thickness / mm:6.0

Deunydd

gold

Lleoliad

St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Gold

Caiff Casgliadau Arlein ei ddiweddaru yn rheolaidd, ond gwnewch yn si’r bod eitem yn dal i gael ei arddangos cyn ymweld yn arbennig.

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