Archaeological sites · Mid Wales
Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc
Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Nigel Brown — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Banc Tynddol sun-disc (Welsh: Disc Haul Banc Tynddol) is a small, decorated, gold ornament discovered near Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It most likely was part of a funerary garment and is dated to 2450-2150 BCE, which makes it the earliest gold artifact found in Wales. It was discovered on 16 October 2002 by a team of archaeologists who were investigating the site of Roman and medieval lead smelting hearths below the Bronze Age copper mine on Copa Hill.
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Background
History
The area around Cwmystwyth has been mined for lead and copper for more than 4,000 years, almost since the beginning of metalworking in Britain.
Architecture
Excavations have shown that these mining sites date to the Roman (first century AD) and Early Medieval (ninth to twelfth century AD) periods, but one of the most important finds of the excavation was the gold disc about the size of a milk-bottle top, which pre-dated these discoveries by more than 2,000 years.
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- Coordinates
- 52.3530, -3.7693
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Pontarfynach
- Postcode
- SY23 4AG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
Sources
- wikidata: Q4427855 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Banc Tynddol sun-disc (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc?
- Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.3530°, -3.7693°.
- Is Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc is free.