Bronze Age Gold from Wales

This is a small, irregularly shaped nugget of gold, apparently in naturally occurring and irregular form, as found in ancient and modern river-bed contexts. It was probably transported during the Bronze Age from an Irish or Cornish source, and lost perhaps at or near a ship landing point. Its metal composition is similar to the gold compositions found in Early Bronze Age gold lunulae.

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)