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The Burton Hoard

Burton, near Wrexham

Bronze Age gold jewellery found by a metal detectorist.

In 2004 a metal detectorist near Wrexham found a hoard of Bronze Age gold, including a torc, bracelets, a necklace pendant and a gold bead, buried around 1300 BC. It shows that the people of north-east Wales were wealthy and connected to trading networks across Europe.

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When
Found 2004
Where
53.0800, -2.9500
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at Wrexham Museum.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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