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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum 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)
Site Name: Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire
Notes: Single find. The nugget was found by chance at the base of a cliff.
