A TIME capsule from 1839 and found at Brooke Park in the city contained coins and a scroll, it has been revealed.
However the parchment was soaked – and further work needs to be done on it to see what is written on it.
Conservator Stefanie White says it’s thought the papers contain the names of those behind an orphanage which once stood at the site.
The coins date from 1817.
Tower Museum curator Roisin Doherty insisted: “We have literally unearthed a bit of history.
“We don’t know what’s on the paper. It’s in pretty bad condition, we just need to wait until we stabilise it and then we’ll get a bit more information as to what it contains.
“It’s a bit frustrating but because it is part of the process of conservation we need to take our time.”
The capsule was in the foundations of the Gwyn’s Institute, a former orphanage that once stood in the park and built by wealthy local businessman John Gwyn.
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