It was hoped that this barrow might be equally rewarding as the 'Golden Barrow' at Mold which had in the last century produced the gold cape, but since its position was
unusually close to the river, it was decided that the first season's work should be
limited to a single trial trench to confirm the nature of the mound. This was done
in 1954, and in 1955 more extensive work was done in the SE quadrant where an
assymetrically-placed primary inhumation was found beneath a small cairn. In the
cairn, but not directly associated with the body, was a necklace of tiny jet beads
and some parcels of cremated bone. Two or three secondary cremations had been
found elsewhere in the mound, two in 1954. In 1956 work was limited to confirming
features of the barrow structure.
The barrow lies close to the village of Llong where the river Alyn flows through
a wide, flat valley with gentle wooded slopes on either side. It is only some 50
metres from the river itself, the lowest of a group of valley-bottom barrows which
are to be found in this neighbourhood, contrasting with the more usual hilltop
siting of such monuments.
More at
http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1218518/llgc-id:1218996/llgc-id:1219012/getText
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