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Early Iron Age bronze helmet

6 fragments of the decorated flange of the helmet. Three rivets attaching the lower part to the flange survives

The Cerrigydrudion Crown, 405-380 BCE.

The Cerrigydrudion Crown is one of the earliest examples of Celtic art from Britain. In 1924, a farmer found a stone-lined grave while repairing a wall near Cerrigydrudion, north-east Wales. It contained fragments of decorated bronze. Originally, archaeologists thought it was a hanging bowl. However, now we think it is part of a headpiece, decorated with palm leaf and lotus flower designs.

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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

26.116/7

Find Information

Site Name: Ty-tan-y-Foel Farm, Cerrigydrudion

Date: 1924

Notes: found accidentally 'in a cist filled with soil' on edge of field 500 yards NNW of Ty-tan-y-Foel Farm, Cerrigydrudion

Acquisition

Donation, 25/2/1926

Measurements

Techniques

incised
carved

Material

copper alloy

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Celtic Art

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Bronze casting La Tene I
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