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Early Mesolithic stone adze
An adze made of volcanic tuff. The tool has been made as a core tool with flaking extensive on both faces. The tool has a tapering butt and a tranchet flake has been removed to create a cutting edge. The adze has been thin sectioned for petrological analysis and then gap-filled.
Tuff adze or axe, found at Trwyn Du, Anglesey. Chopping tools were fitted into wooden hafts and used for wood-working.
SC6.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
76.13H/3679
Find Information
Site Name: Trwyn Du, Anglesey
Grid Reference: SH 352 679
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: From emergency excavations by the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust in an occupation deposit at above Grid square C4; context co-ordinates 0.10; 0.26; 0.16; 0.30; CS2-15; -1.260m BLI
Measurements
length / mm:112.1
width / mm:50.0
thickness / mm:25.7
weight / g:162.1
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