Record ID: GAT-ED653A
Object type: CORE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint core 53 x 42 x 42mm. Flint, lightly burnt and changed in colour from blue-grey? to light grey. Pebble cortex. Single direction, with plain platform, hammer struck. Assessment: Attempt at prismatic blade core; probably abandoned due to poor quality. Not dateable. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-268777
Object type: CORE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-prismatic core. The flint is generally a mid-grey in colour, but one face appears to have developed a slight white patina suggesting this may have been an original 'natural' surface of the flint pebble prior to working. The other face has areas of rusty brown staining which may be iron oxide deposits from the soil. The flint has been subjected to neat, regular single direction flaking in order to produce parallel-sided flakes or blades. Discussion: The core appears to have been designed to produce blades so it is probably Mesolithic or Neolithic in origin. In shape it is ver…
Created on: Friday 24th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-1EE1D2
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint core, probably Neolithic, from a small nodule of flint. Cortex is present on two sides of the core, and several blade removals are visible. The flint is dark grey in colour, and has been chipped on every angle, presumably from the action of knocking against pebbles on the stony beach at Porth Dinllaen. Nodules of flint were brought to this area from elsewhere. Therefore this core is probably Neolithic (as opposed to Mesolithic) in date, because items were more likely to have been transported around at this time. However the possibility that the core is Mesolithic should…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-4776E5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Notched/Spurred piece Made on an irregularly fractured fragment of poor quality light grey cherty flint, 34mm long, 35mm wide and 12mm thick. A notch has been created on one edge by a single steep flake removal. The inside of the notch has then been shaped by fine retouch. There are no visible signs of use wear in the notch. Removal of the notch has also created a ‘spur’ at one side which has some possible use edge chipping. This is rather irregular and not really a good diagnostic piece on its own but both notched and spurred pieces are typically found in Late Neolithic asse…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mynydd Rhiw', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID-194111
Object type: MANUFACTURE AND PROCESSING
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Worked flints from manufacture of lithic tools, possibly Neolithic.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-D76797
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable prehistoric flint flake, possibly dating to the Neolithic period. The flake is a mixture of light and dark reddish browns in colour. There is evidence of the cortex along one edge. The flake is retouched, with apparent earlier blade/flake removals evident on the dorsal face. The bulb of percussion is visible, although it is difficult to identify any concentric waves along the ventral face which may indicate it is of natural origin. There is a small chip just below the bulb of percussion which suggests it is anthropogenic and as such this is probably a retouched flake (Shopl…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SH4437', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-9BDA41
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable prehistoric core trimming flake. The find is roughly triangular with a white, yet heavily worn patina. This would indicate that the find has been exposed for some time, likely eroding out of the soil. The flint is truncated at the distal end and probably would have originally extended to a point. The flake has a visible bulb of percussion.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberdaron', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-64D580
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: 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.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-723491
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Prehistoric flint flake, 24mm long, 16mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in good condition with a cream patina and weighs 1.54grams. It is triangular in form and section and has no sign of working.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-A73EB6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade removed from a prepared core, of whitish-grey flint. The blade, manufactured from a secondary flake, has largely unifacial direct semi-abrupt retouch along both lengths, and a point has been created at the promixal end to the extent that the bulb of percussion is barely discernable. The dorsal face of the blade has a minimum of five negative scars, two of which show a hinged termination. The original colour of the blade was most likely to have a been dark-grey, and exposure to the elements has resulted in the present whitish-grey appearance.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-ED91F4
Object type: SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Serrated blade 36 x 10 x 2.5. Cream coloured flint. Long narrow blade probably punch-struck with fine inverse retouched serrations on one long edge. Assessment: Probably later Mesolithic. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-EDB5C4
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Narrow blade microlithic point. 18 x 5 x 2. Buff coloured flint. Straight, rod shape, with short abrupt retouch on two edges. Assessment: Later Mesolithic. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-EDD96B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary blade ie no cortex, 32 x 16 x 5mm. Cream coloured flint but well-weathered. Unworked. Probably punch-struck. Assessment: Probably Mesolithic. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-EDF6F8
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary blade 31 x 13 x 5. Light grey flint. Unworked, probably punch struck. Assessment: Probably Mesolithic. A flint core (PRN7063) is recorded on the HER found just 30m to the SW of the current object. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-641BFC
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lithic implement of uncertain date. The flint is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section with an inverted triangular shaped profile. The ventral (lower) face is smooth with a few ripples and a low bulb of percussion. The dorsal (upper) face is faceted due to the removal of several possible blades. Short, parallel, low angled retouch can be seen along the shortest edge of the object. The flint is toffee-coloured. Dimensions: 12mm in length, 15mm in width, 4mm thick, 1.2g
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uwchmynydd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-9069EC
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-triangular, barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. The arrowhead is quite crude in form. It is manufactured from a mainly opaque mid greenish brown flint but with a band of white around the point, and the tip of the point is translucent orange. The extreme tip of the point appears to have broken off in antiquity. One face of the arrowhead is very slightly concave, the other is very slightly convex. There are two large patches of cortex surviving on both faces of the object. In plan, the two side edges are slightly curvilinear giving the point a narrow and extended appearance. The e…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.