The cape of beaten gold from Mold
The cape of beaten gold from Mold, Wales, is woman-sized, and possibly belonged to a priestess. It is from Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833, and dates to 1900–1600 bce. "The cape was within a Bronze Age burial mound named Bryn yr Ellyllon, which translates to "Goblins' Hill". The gold cape had been placed on the body of a person who was interred in a rough cist (stone-lined grave) within a burial mound. The preserved remains of the skeleton were fragmentary, and the cape was badly crushed.
"An estimated 200–300 amber beads, in rows, were on the cape originally, but only a single bead survives at the British Museum. Also associated with the cape were remains of coarse cloth and 16 fragments of sheet bronze which are likely to have been the backing for the gold: in places the gold was riveted onto the bronze sheeting with bronze rivets. There also were two gold 'straps' among the artefacts found. An urn with large quantities of burnt bone and ash was 60–90 cm (24–35 in) from the grave.
"The cape is 458 mm (18.0 in) wide. It was designed to fit someone of a very slight build, perhaps a teenager, and although the [sex] of the person buried in this grave remains unclear, the associated finds are likely, by comparison with similar contemporary graves discovered, to be those accompanying the burial of a woman. [So tentative!] The cape shows signs of having been worn, and appears to have had a leather lining."
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