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The Mold Gold Cape

Bryn yr Ellyllon, Flintshire

A ghost in golden armour, then a golden cape found in the same mound.

Locals told of a ghost in shining gold armour seen near a mound called Bryn yr Ellyllon, the hill of the goblins. In 1833 workmen digging there found a skeleton wearing a cape made from a single sheet of gold.

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When
Found 1833
Where
53.1640, -3.1350
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

The cape is in the British Museum; Mold town marks the find.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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