Rhos Rydd Shield

The Rhos-Rydd Shield (Welsh: Tarian Rhos Rydd),[1][2] or Rhyd y Gors[3] (or less commonly Glan-rhos shield[2]) is a large copper-alloy Yetholm-type shield from the Bronze Age, found in Rhos-Rydd or Rhyd y Gors, near Blaenplwyf, Wales.

This perfectly preserved Bronze Age facing from an ancient British shield was found in the marsh at Rhyd-y-gors, Ceredigion, before 1834 according to some sources.

[4][5][3] According to another source, the shield was found in 1804 in Rhos Rydd bog.

[2] 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.

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