Moel Hebog shield
held in the British Museum, London, England

The late Bronze Age shield was found in a bog near Moel Hebog mountain in 1784, near Beddgelert. It is now in the British Museum, It dates from 1300–1000 BC.

Red Book of Hergest
held in Jesus College of Oxford University

large vellum manuscript written shortly after 1382, which ranks as one of the most important medieval manuscripts written in the Welsh language

Presented in 1701 to Jesus College, Oxford, by a Rev. T. Wilkins, of Llanbleithain, Glamorgan in Wales. It is best known as the source of the Mabinogion, as well as having much of its poetry reproduced in The Four Ancient Books of Wales.,

Mold Gold Cape
British Museum, London

A ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from about 1900–1600 BCE . It was found at Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833

The cape is thought to have formed part of a ceremonial dress, perhaps with religious connections. It is now in the British Museum in London, where it is usually on display.

Rhyd-y-gors Shield
held in the British Museum, London, England

A large copper-alloy Yetholm-type shield from the Bronze Age, found in Rhos-Rydd or Rhyd y Gors, near Blaenplwyf, Wales. It is currently held in the British Museum in London. It dates from the 12th to the 10th century BC.

The shield was donated to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks in 1873. This shield is an example of early Bronze Age copper alloy use

Llanllyfni lunula
held in the British Museum, London, England

found in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, but now held in the British Museum in London. It dates from 2400BC-2000BC

The lunula is the heaviest lunula from the islands of Britain and Ireland, weighing 185g

Red Lady of Paviland -
University of Oxford Museum

The Red "Lady" of Paviland is an Upper Paleolithic partial male skeleton dyed in red ochre and buried in Wales 33,000 BP.

Goat's Hole was occupied throughout prehistory. Artefacts are predominantly Aurignacian, but also include examples from the earlier Mousterian, and later Gravettian and Creswellian periods.[5] The site is the oldest known ceremonial burial in Western Europe

Trawsfynydd Tankard
National Museum in Liverpool

Made from staves of yew wood and covered in bronze, it was discovered in the village in the mid 1850s and dates from around 100 BC.

Rhayader hoard
British Museum

Romano-British Hoard of jewellery from Rhayader

Pennal Letter
National Archives of France

On 31 March 1406, Owain Glyndŵr sent a letter, now know as the Pennal Letter, to Charles VI King of France requesting assistance for help in his rebellion against English rule. In it he sets out what he was prepared to concede in return – the main concession being the recognition of Benedict XIII of Avignon as Pope.

The letter was composed during a synod of the Welsh Church at Pennal in 1406 and gives an insight into the ambitions of Glyndŵr and his vision for a new and autonomous Wales, which included establishing an independent church and two universities.The original letter is held at the Archives Nationales in Paris

Beaumaris Hoard - British Museum, London

Gaerwen Hoard
British Museum, London

The Gaerwen hoard was acquired shortly after discovery by an itinerant dealer. It is stated that the hoard consisted of 11 ‘lock-rings’ and 11 penannular bracelets. Two ‘lock-rings’ and two bracelets are in the British Museum

Sully Hoard
British Museum, London,

Sully Hoard of copper-alloy coins (c. AD 320)
This hoard is one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in Wales. An incredible, 5913 coins were discovered in two locations, 3 metres apart in the South Wales coastal village of Sully