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Brymbo Man – Wrexham's Oldest Resident
In August 1958 when excavating for the new council house site at 79 Cheshire
View, the remains of 'Brymbo Beaker Man' were discovered in a burial cist. This
was covered by a large sandstone.
The incomplete human skeleton found inside was that of an early Bronze Age male.
'Brymbo Man', as he became known, is the Wrexham areas oldest resident at over,
3,500 years old. It is believed that he was 5 feet 8 inches tall and aged
between 35 and 40 years.
Also, he was found with a flint knife and an earthenware beaker which had been
buried with him. Brymbo Man was taken to the National Museum in Cardiff until
May 1998 when it was returned to Wrexham. In 2001 Manchester University produced
a wax model reconstruction of the skull which can also be seen in the galleries
of Wrexham Museum.
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The Burial Cist when found
in 1958
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Reconstruction of Brymbo Man
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