The Rhos-Rydd Shield ( cy, Tarian Rhos Rydd), or Rhyd y Gors (or less commonly Glan-rhos shield) is a large copper-alloy

Yetholm-type shield The Yetholm-type shield is a distinctive type of shield dating from 1200-800 BC (Bronze Age). The known shields come from Britain and Ireland, excepting one from Denmark. Their modern name comes from Yetholm in southern Scotland where a peat ...

from the Bronze Age, found in Rhos-Rydd or Rhyd y Gors, near

Blaenplwyf Blaenplwyf (''Pontllanio'' previously) is a village in Ceredigion, to the southwest of Aberystwyth. It is noted for the Blaenplwyf transmitting station, which serves Aberystwyth and Cardigan Bay area. It was originally built by the BBC in 1956� ...

, Wales. It is currently held in the British Museum in London. It is completely flat, 667 mm across, and 0.7 mm thick, weighing 1929 grams. It dates from the 12th to the 10th century BC.

History

This perfectly preserved Bronze Age facing from an ancient British shield was found in the marsh at

Rhyd-y-gors The name Rhyd-y-gors or Rhydygors has been associated with two historic sites near the market town of Carmarthen in Southwest Wales. The first was the Normans, Norman Rhyd-y-gors Castle and the other was Rhyd-y-gors Mansion, home of the Edwar ...

, Ceredigion, before 1834 according to some sources. According to another source, the shield was found in 1804 in Rhos Rydd bog. The shield was donated to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks in 1873. This shield is an example of early Bronze Age copper alloy use. There have been calls for the artefact to return to Wales.

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