Police release details of priceless bronze age items stolen from Cardiff museum
Various hoards of gold items linked to sites in Powys, Gwynedd and Carmarthenshire remain missing
Last updated 10th Nov 2025
Police have revealed further details of the bronze age items taken during a burglary at a museum in Cardiff.
Various hoards of gold items linked to sites in Powys, Gwynedd and Carmarthenshire remain missing following the break-in at St Fagans National Museum of History last month.
Gavin Burnett, 43, and Darren Burnett, 50, both from Northampton, have been charged with burglary and are remanded in custody.
The items of Bronze Age gold jewellery were stolen from a display case in the museum’s main building at around 12.30am on Monday, October 6.
South Wales Police say the investigation remains ongoing to trace and locate the outstanding stolen items.
The items are:
Hoard of four Middle Bronze Age gold armlets from Llanwrthwrl, Powys.
Hoard of five Middle Bronze Age gold items Capel Isaf, Carmarthenshire.
Early Bronze Age gold lunula from Llanllyfni, Gwynedd.
Hoard of three Middle Bronze Age gold items from Heyope, Powys.
Detective Inspector Bob Chambers, from South Wales Police, said: “While two men have been charged, the investigation is very much continuing.
“We are focussed on locating the outstanding stolen items so they can be returned to their rightful home.
“We urge anyone with information to please contact us as soon as possible.”
Jane Richardson, Chief Executive of Amgueddfa Cymru said: “We’d like to thank the police for their continuing investigation into the search for these invaluable and irreplaceable items that are part of Wales’ history, heritage, and culture.
“I’d like to encourage anyone who may have any information about their location to come forward to the police so that they can be returned to their rightful home within Wales’ national collection for everyone to access and enjoy.”