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FLAKE

Unique ID: GAT-64D580

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A scatter of flints found in 1998. According to the finder they were found on the seaward side of a field wall near Ogof Llwyd, at Penrhyn, east of Aberdaron. They comprise 10 small flakes and blades, some of which may have been formed by natural processes. The majority are broken and may be waste flakes left as the result of knapping. Due to the occurrences of cortex in relation to flake size, it is likely that the flakes are the result of working pebbles.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 10

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PRN 24135

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
District: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aberdaron (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SH1925
Four figure Latitude: 52.792128
Four figure longitude: -4.685801
1:25K map: SH1925
1:10K map: SH12NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Current location: Returned to finder

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press

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Recording Institution: GAT
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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