Copa Hill
Ancient Mine / Quarry
Copa Hill (Bryn Copa) (Ancient Mine / Quarry) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 2 news items, 1 image, 3 weblinks, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
Image © Robert Gladstone
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Nearest Town: Llanidloes (16km NE) OS Ref (GB): SN816756 / Sheets: 135, 136, 147 Latitude: 52° 21' 54.69" N Longitude: 3° 44' 20.75" W
Web searches for Copa Hill
Ancient Disc Declared Treasure From an article on BBC News web site: A Bronze Age gold disc used as an item of adornment at a burial 4,000 years ago has been declared treasure trove by a coroner at Aberystwyth... continues...
Posted by Kammer
17th December 2003ce
Dig Unearths Bronze Age Sun Disc From an article on BBC News web site: An ancient gold disc which was used as an item of adornment at a burial 4,000 years ago has been discovered in Ceredigion... continues...
Posted by Kammer
25th November 2003ceEdited 25th November 2003ce
In Clearance & Examination of Stone Building on Copa Hill (SCMC Journal No.2), Colin Armfield writes:The historical evidence for mining at Cwmystwyth begins with the opencast workings at the top of Copper Lode on Copa Hill, to the south of Kingside Lode. This area has provided dates of approximately 1500BC. From Colin Armfield's Web Site.
Posted by Kammer
25th November 2003ceEdited 25th November 2003ce
Found among the mining devastation of Bryn Copa, Cwm Ystwyth, 2002. Here, that industrial cloud had a golden lining.....
Posted by GLADMAN
27th February 2021ceEdited 27th February 2021ce
Article giving more details about the site and finds (including photo of someone wearing the gold disc).
Posted by Rhiannon
6th March 2006ce
An excellent photo showing the hill, with distinctive scarring from centuries of mining.
Posted by Kammer
25th November 2003ceEdited 6th March 2006ce