Ken Dibble campaigned for Blodwen to be returned to Llandudno and negotiations were conducted over several years. Llandudno Museum launched a public appeal which used Crowdfunding to raise nearly £3,000 towards the purchase of a new display case for the skeleton’s remains.
Reg Haley, Chairman of the Chardon Trust, which owns and manages Llandudno Museum, added: “We are so excited to welcome Blodwen home and to share her story with our visitors and the local community.
More information and photos here
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/blodwen-skeleton-returns-north-wales-8655319
and
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/blodwen-neolithic-skeleton-go-display-9038028
See also the page from Bacup Natural History Society:
http://www.bacupnaturalhistorysociety.co.uk/blodwen.htm
Blodwen as she is fondly known is a name of Welsh Origin meaning White Flower
Summary of Report by the Palaeoecological Research Unit, Univeristy of Manchester 1996: The bones are thought to be from a female, who died between the ages of 54 and 63 years. Her death occured around the years 3.510 BC. She was approximately 5ft tall and of a fairly robust build. Degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and right knee, and the rugged acromial ends of both her clavicles, indicate that she had led a physically arduous life. More specifically, these features suggest that she was used to carrying heavy loads on her head and heavy weights with her arms extended by her sides. These heavy weights may have been milk or water containers. It was possible that she was suffering from, and perhaps died of metastatic (secondary) cancer which may have spread from a primary site in the breast. Accompanying her remains were some bones from a young pig aged under 36 months at the time of its death
Stable isotope results for the Little Orme skeleton by Rick J Schulting, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford (PDF)
http://www.bacupnaturalhistorysociety.co.uk/index_htm_files/Little%20Orme%20Report.pdf
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