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The lunula is made of decorated gold and dated to 2200-2000 BC and is one of the earliest gold ornaments from Wales. [1] Other estimates suggest 2400-2000 BC of the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. [2] The lunula is the heaviest lunula from the islands of Britain and Ireland, weighing 185g. [3] Llanllyfni lunula.
Gold lunula from Schulenburg, Germany, Provincial, linear group. 3rd millennium BC. Of the more than a hundred gold lunulae known from Western Europe, more than eighty are from Ireland; [4] it is possible they were all the work of a handful of expert goldsmiths, though the three groups are presumed to have had different creators. Several ...
Date: 29 April 2023, 17:41:14: Source: Edited version of: File:Gold lunula from Llanllyfni, Wales, 2400-2000 BC (1).jpg: Author: Hermann, R. (2022). Weight regulation ...
As well as Ireland and Cornwall, lunulae are also found in Scotland, Wales, Brittany, and Normandy. Outside of Cornwall, lunulae are only rarely found in barrow contexts. [150] [151] The presence of traces of tin in the gold lunulae from Harlyn Bay and St. Juliot suggest that the gold may derive from a local Cornish alluvial source. [152]
Llanllyfni (Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a village and a community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire . The community consists of the villages of Drws-y-coed , Nantlle , Nasareth , Nebo , Penygroes , Talysarn and the village of Llanllyfni itself. [ 2 ]
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The Cambrian Archaeological Association (Welsh: Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cymru) was founded in 1846 to examine, preserve and illustrate the ancient monuments and remains of the history, language, manners, customs, arts and industries of Wales and the Welsh Marches and to educate the public in such matters.
The register was complied as part of a joint initiative that involved Cadw, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites working in collaboration with Welsh unitary authorities, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and the Welsh Archaeological Trusts (WATs).