Ringlemere Gold Cup
The Ringlemere Gold Cup is a Bronze Age goblet that was found in 2001 in the Ringlemere Barrow near Sandwich in Kent , England . The shape has parallels in the Aunjetitz culture and in Emilia-Romagna (Montecchio Emilia). It most closely resembles the eight centimeter tall Rillaton beaker found in Cornwall in 1837 .
The cup, badly damaged by a ploughshare, was 14 cm high and ribbed horizontally. It resembles the late Neolithic (around 2300 BC) pottery with cord decoration . The investigation revealed that the cup was hammered from a single gold bar and originally had a pointed bottom. Only six similar beakers, all dating from between 1700 and 1500 BC. B.C., have so far been found in Europe . The other examples come from Germany (2), from Switzerland (2), from Brittany (1) and a mug of unknown origin.
An archaeological dig should find out more about the site. It turned out that the cup comes from a massive, round burial mound that was surrounded by a moat.
literature
- Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain . London 1993. ISBN 0-297-83196-8
Web links
- Description , British Museum
- Evaluation of the prehistoric Society (Engl.)
- Excavation report (English; PDF file; 413 kB)
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 53 " N , 1 ° 17 ′ 11.4" E