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The Dolgellau Chalice

Near Dolgellau, Gwynedd

A gold-plated chalice hidden by monks and found by gold miners.

In 1890 two gold prospectors in the hills near Dolgellau found a silver-gilt chalice and paten hidden among rocks. They were made in the 1200s and probably belonged to nearby Cymer Abbey, hidden when the abbey was closed by Henry VIII.

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When
Found 1890
Where
52.7900, -3.8800
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at the National Museum Cardiff.

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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