Archaeological works in association with the replacement of a raw water main, at Rhiwgoch, Harlech

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Title:

Issue:

Archaeology in Wales

Series:

Archaeology in Wales

Volume:

Page Start/End:

33 - 38

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

A programme of archaeological investigation comprising survey and limited excavation was undertaken ahead of plans to replace the water main between Llyn Eiddew Mawr, in the Ardudwy Uplands above Harlech, to the Rhiwgoch water treatment works through Snowdonia National Park. Many of the new features identified were the remains of field systems associated with the use of the uplands in the 18th and 19th century. Significant earlier features included a small burial cairn (SH 63321 32527) located close to the schedule Ffridd Fron kerb cairn (SAM Me208) and a possible ring cairn (SH 59848 30949) that may be related to the Garreg ring cairn (SAM Me107). Narrow ridge and furrow observed could be of Iron Age date and a hut circle may also date to the Iron Age or Romano-British period. Finds recovered from excavations included a Mesolithic end scraper and blade, an unretouched flake likely to be of late Neolithic date possibly imported into the area and a number of worked stone from the local area using pebble, including two thumbnail scrapers diagnostic of Beaker assemblages from the later 3rd millennium. A quartzite pebble imported from the coast was broken to provide a chopping tool edge. Au/SH

Author:

Jane Kenny
Richard Cooke
Iwan Parry
George Smith

Year of Publication:

2009

Subjects / Periods:

Scraper (Auto Detected Subject)

Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)

19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)

Late Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)

Blade (Auto Detected Subject)

Garreg Ring Cairn Sam Me107 Narrow Ridge (Auto Detected Subject)

Worked Stone (Auto Detected Subject)

Field Systems (Auto Detected Subject)

Furrow (Auto Detected Subject)

Finds (Auto Detected Subject)

Ring Cairn (Auto Detected Subject)

Burial Cairn (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (biab_online)

Created Date:

17 Feb 2015

Kenny, J., Cooke, R., Parry, I. and Smith, G. (2009). Archaeological works in association with the replacement of a raw water main, at Rhiwgoch, Harlech. Archaeology in Wales. Vol 49, pp. 33-38.

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