Record ID: HESH-D41CD4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three (3) pieces of worked flint blade, probably of Mesolithic date (6500-4500BC). These three blades are irregular in form and may represent trimming and reworking of different cores. All are tertiary flakes, with no cortex associated with them. Two show working in two separate directions suggesting that they come from a core which is rejuvenated and then reworked. Waste similar to this was often discarded and can be seen as diagnostic evidence of flint working on site. None of the flakes are retouched / reworked. They are all formed from a grey coloured flint with a white surface pa…
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberffraw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D3D292
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Multi faceted core which has been worked in several to produce small blades or microliths of late Mesolithic date (6500-3500 BC). The core is probably derived from a riverine pebble and a considerable area of outer cortex (40 - 50%) is present on one face. The fragment is heavily worn and the remains of at least one striking platform is present from which blades have been removed. From what remains it would seem that a flaw was present within this end of a larger water worn flint pebble and that once the usable flint had been removed the core was rejected and discarded. There is no ev…
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberffraw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D3ABC6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four (4) knapped flint blades of later Mesolithic date (6500 - 4000 BC). The blades are best described as primary debitage related to core preparation. All four blades are broadly sub-rectangular in plan (having curved / convex and concave long edges) and are sub-rectangular or sub-triangular in cross section. All have at least 50% cortex (outer flint rind) present which indicate that they are amongst the first flakes / blades to be struck from a core when working / knapping faces are being prepared. None of the flakes are retouched and it is likely that they were discarded soon after…
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberffraw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-41A913
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven (7) knapped flint blades of later Mesolithic date (6500 - 4000 BC). All the blades are broadly sub-rectangular in plan (having curved / convex and concave long edges) and are sub-rectangular or sub-triangular in cross section. Many stages of core development are present within this small assemblage; some blades have small areas of cortex (outer flint rind) present whilst others do not. The presence of the cortex usually indicates that the flake has been struck in the earlier knapping phases of the core. Some of the blades have been deliberately snapped, whilst others are complet…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberffraw', grid reference and parish protected.