Aur o Gymru’r Oes Efydd

Aur o Gymru'r Oes Efydd

Middle Bronze Age gold bar-twisted torc

Dyma dorch neu gylch gwddf mawr sydd bron yn grwn, wedi’i thorchi bedair gwaith. Cafodd y bar aur ac iddo drychiad sgwâr ei droelli'n dynn glocwedd i roi ffurf bar tro. Gwelir peth ôl traul ar y darnau troellog, yn dangos ei fod wedi’i ddefnyddio. Dim ond un o’r terfynellau bachog sydd ar ôl. Mae’n blaen ac iddo drawstoriad crwn. Cafodd hwn ei sodro ar y prif far ac mae’n meinhau o’r uniad cyn ymledu cyn cyrraedd y pen draw sy’n amgrwn. Ymddengys bod y derfynell arall wedi’i cholli yn yr hen oesoedd. Yn agos at y derfynell sydd ar ôl, mae darn byr o far plaen, heb ei droelli ac iddo drawstoriad crwn.

Torch aur far wedi’i troelli a’i siapio fel breichdlws. 1300-1150 CC.

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

54.306/2

Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad

Enw'r Safle: Talwrn Farm, Llanwrthwl

Dull Casglu: surface find
Dyddiad: 1954 / Feb

Nodiadau: Hoard. The hoard was found on/around 21st February 1954 in a field of pasture known as Cae-gwyllt Bank, belonging to Talwrn Farm. Two farm workers were clearing the field of stones for ploughing and found a large stone on its side weighing approximately 100kg, below which was a heap of small stones. Under one of these stones were two torcs of different sizes, and below these was another small stone, which covered a further two torcs. The findspot was near the southern corner of the field on a south-east slope in the Wye river valley. The presence of a possible marker stone, and careful concealment of the torcs, may imply these torcs were buried with the intention of recovery, or for safe keeping. Four years later a Middle Bronze Age gold ring was found about a mile and a half away.

Derbyniad

Treasure trove, 23/8/1954

Mesuriadau

length / mm:c. 970.0*
maximum width / mm:75.0 (of coil)
width / mm
external diameter / mm:79.9 (of coil; max.)
diameter / mm
weight / g:60.57
maximum thickness / mm:2.0 (of wire)
thickness / mm
length / mm:40.0 (of terminal)
diameter / mm:3.6 (of terminal)

Deunydd

gold

Lleoliad

St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Gold

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