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The Mold Cape is a solid sheet-gold object dating from about 1900–1600 BC in the European Bronze Age. It was found at Mold in Flintshire, Wales, in 1833. The cape is thought to have formed part of a ceremonial dress, perhaps with religious connections. It is housed at the British Museum in London. ==Discovery== The gold cape was found in 1833 by workmen (accounts vary: either during the filling of a gravel pit〔Clarke ''et al.'' 278〕 or while they were quarrying for stone〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =The British Museum )〕). The cape was within a Bronze Age burial mound in a field named ''Bryn yr Ellyllon'', the Fairies' or Goblins' Hill. The gold cape had been placed on the body of a person who was interred in a rough cist (stone-lined grave) within a burial mound. The preserved remains of the skeleton were fragmentary, and the cape was badly crushed. An estimated 200–300 amber beads, in rows, were on the cape originally, but only a single bead survives at the British Museum. Also associated with the cape were remains of coarse cloth and 16 fragments of sheet bronze which are likely to have been the backing for the gold: in places the gold was riveted onto the bronze sheeting with bronze rivets. There also were two gold 'straps' among the artefacts found. An urn with large quantities of burnt bone and ash was 0.6–0.9 m from the grave. The cape's breadth is 458 mm, just over 18 inches. It was designed to fit someone of a very slight build and although the gender of the person buried in this grave remains unclear, the associated finds are likely, by comparison with similar contemporary graves discovered, to be those accompanying the burial of a woman.〔http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/assets/pdfs/museum/treasures/moldcape_e.pdf British Museum and National Museums and Galleries of Wales information〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mold cape」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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