Cylchgronau Cymru

ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES CAERWYS, BABELL POLISHED STONE AXE. Fig. 1. This was brought to my attention by Mr. Brian Roberts of Pentre Halkyn and was found by Mr. Gareth Jones, Marian Trefedwin, near Caerwys, while ploughing in a field near his farm (Flints. Sheet V. SE. Grid Ref. SJ140743). It is made of greenish-grey stone, both the butt and edge being broken as if it has been utilised later as a hammer. Its present length is 10.5 cm. and it reaches a maximum width of 6.9 cm. The form of the axe must have been very graceful, one side being slight- ly convex, the other straight. Its section is a regular oval. P. Hayes CAERWYS, BABELL SPINDLE WHORL. Fig. 2. This was found recently by Mr. Gareth Jones while ploughing in the same field as that in which the polished stone axe, above, was found. It is made of a soft grey stone and has a diameter of 3.5 cm., a thickness of 1.5 cm. The diameter of the perforation is 1 cm. and there is no trace of decoration. P. Hayes CAERWYS, BABELL STONE BEAD. Fig. 3. This was found by Mr. Jones in the same field as that in which the polished stone axe was found. It is made of soft grey stone, its widest diameter being 3 cm., with a thickness of 1.7 cm. The diameter of the central performation is 0.9 cm. On each facet of the bead there is a decoration of three regular rows of shallow drill holes. P Hayes. HALKYN COPPER FLAT AXE. Fig. 5. This was brought to my notice by Mrs. Mather of Plas Winter, Halkyn. It was found by Mr. Roger Mather while ploughing in field No. 682 to the north-east of the farm just below the 900 contour (Flints. Sheet IX SW SJ 199694) in May 1958. The length of the axe is 10.3 c.m. and its widest breadth is 6.3 cm. It has a maximum thickness of 0.9 cm. and a weight of 8.85 oz. The side edges are evenly rounded. Mr. J. W. Nickson was kind enough to ask the laboratory of John Summers and Sons, Ltd., to analyse the metal of the specimen the following are extracts of their report Chemical Analysis Qualitative chemical analysis by means of the Spectograph showed that the metal was an impure form of Copper. None of the common