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Neolithic bone flute
This incomplete flute features three perforations in a row. At the proximal end the largest of these three holes has a diameter of 7mm, while the two others are approximately 4mm each. The smaller holes are roughly cut in comparison with the larger and are spaced at approximately 15mm. The upper proximal end of the bone has been split through at a slight angle by a spiral fracture. The item shows traces of root etching.
Sheep bone, about 3700 BCE. It was found in Penywyrlod Tomb, suggesting that the community farmed sheep.
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Site Name: Penywyrlod, Talgarth
Notes: Item found in the entrance of chamber NE III. Excavated on behalf of the Department of the Environment. The cairn lies 400m SW of the farm, north of the crest of a ridge separating the Genffordd and the Nant yr Eiddil, two small streams which feed the Llynfi.
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