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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Fragmentary skull of child about 4-5 years old showing symptoms of porotic hyperostosis, possibly due to thalassaemia
Site Name: LLancaiach-isaf Farm, Gelligaer
Notes: Burial first discovered some years before 1901 by a farm boy, the remains were replaced until 25th June 1901 when Mr George Seaborne reopned the cist and reported it to the Western Mail (19th July 1901). The burial was removed by R.E.M Wheeler in 1922.
