The treasure was found near Wrexham and date to around 1000BC. Credit: Amgueddfa Cymru
Posted on 03/29/2015 4:14:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Two gold artefacts thought to be around 3,000 years old have been found near Wrexham.
The Late Bronze Age hoard of two 'lock' gold rings were discovered in the Community of Rosset. The wearer would've been a person of wealth and status within Late Bronze Age Society, between 10000 and 800BC.
In terms of their use, archaeologists aren't certain whether they were used as ear-rings or worn to gather locks of hair, as the name suggests.
In Wales, lock-rings have previously been found at Gaerwen, Anglesey, the Great Orme, Conwy and Newport, Pembrokeshire.
This largely coastal pattern hints at possible trading and communication links between Late Bronze Age communities living in Wales and Ireland.
The lock-ring pair will be acquired by Wrexham County Borough Museum and Archives following their independent valuation.
"North-east Wales was a hotspot for the use and burial of gold ornaments during the Bronze Age. These small but exquisitely made lock-rings add further to this growing pattern, suggesting long lived connections with communities living in Ireland and other parts of Atlantic Europe...We think that these complete and prized objects of gold were carefully buried in isolated places as gifts to the gods, perhaps at the end of the lives of their owners." -- Adam Gwilt, Principal Curator for Prehistory at Amgueddfa Cymru -- National Museum Wales
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The treasure was found near Wrexham and date to around 1000BC. Credit: Amgueddfa Cymru
That is a silly supposition. Whales don't have hair.
There cannot be one acre of land ion Britain that doesn’t have something interesting just under the surface.
The use of the gold rings is obvious.
They were put on the ground and then large bronze darts where lofted, by hand, into the air.
If the dart landed, and stuck in the ground close enough to a disk to touch it, then it gained the lofter a point. If the dart struck a disk, it gained the lofter 2 points. If the dart hit and stuck in the center hole, then it gained the lofter 3 points.
Highest point gaining lofter got to be chief for the next year.
Looser was sacrificed to the gods by method chosen by popular vote among the villagers.
How could anyone not see that?
;’)
Relatives on my dad’s side.
Painted their faces blue for some reason...
We might be related then, if the record could be traced back far enough.
My grandfather was born in the shadow of Conway castle, his family was into shipbuilding (Glassgow I think), he was part Manx and was brought to live in Chicago when he was 12. Are we related? ;-)
All mammals have hair, whales are mammals, therefore whales have hair.
Iirc, my father’s line originates in the Strathmore area. Not sure where that is in Scotland or why it would matter, if it does.
The family shows up in the colonies in 1750. That’s about all I know.
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