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-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.