The Llywel Stone
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The Llywel Stone

This is a cast of a carved memorial stone, known as the Llywel Stone, now located in the British Museum. The carvings on this face (probably of seventh to tenth century AD) may depict Biblical scenes from the Old Testament. The reverse side has an earlier fifth century AD inscription, displayed upside down.

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Death of Tewdrig
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Death of Tewdrig

Electrotype statue by the Brecon brothers, John Evan and Meredyth Thomas, which was shown in the Great Exhibition in 1851.

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Llan-gors logboat
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Llan-gors logboat

Discovered in 1925 at the bottom of Llan-gors Lake, this well-preserved logboat is a rare find. It has been dated between AD 760 and 1020,and was hewn out of a single trunk of oak. It was probably associated with the Llan-gors crannog - a man-made island that was a royal residence during the Kingdom of Brycheiniog.

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