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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Fragment of the end of a bone awl or gouge manufactured from a sheep tibia trimmed from about halway along its surviving length. The entire surface is highly polished. Awl/gouges of this type are commonly found on Iron Age sites such as Maiden Castle Dorset (Wheeler, 1943, 303-6; Sharples, 1991, 236-237, fig.188), All Cannings Cross, Wiltshire (Cunnington, 1923, 82-88, PL8-9), and Glastonbury Lake Village, Somerset (Bulleid and Grey, 1917, 419-420, PL LXIII).
Site Name: Moel Hiraddug, Denbighshire
Notes: from excavations by Mr. M. Bevan-Evans. Exact findspot unknown.
