|
Situated at the head of the Melindwr valley, this small overgrown opencast located some 100 m south of the 19thC engine shaft was the scene of the
discovery of stone hammers, ‘wedges’ and mortar stones when it was re-examined by working miners in 1866.
The EMRG surveyed these workings and excavated trenches into the north-east side of the grassy hillock to examine the very shallow and weathered spoil
layers (Timberlake 1992).
A radiocarbon date of between 1885 – 1735 yrs cal BC was obtained from charcoal associated with hammer stone flakes.
|
