Back in the Llanfairfechan hills looking for evidence of Neolithic life
This time we are up at Ty'n y Llwyfan, just a short walk up from Gareth Wyn Jones's family-run farm. Again, it's great to see people come from far and wide to get their hands dirty and uncover some historical treasure.
"I’ve never been on an archaeological dig before in my life. It's something I've always wanted to do and to find the flakes and lots of them in a place where it's clearly obvious they did a lot of work and made a lot of axes here." - Marcus, Volunteer
Flakes are plenty, but what do they tell us? Well, by documenting the location and quantity, the archaeologists pinpoint where most of this axe working was happening and how widespread it was. Also, finding flakes help the archaeologists plan where to open new test pits in a hunt for evidence that the Neolithic people didn't just work here but also lived here.
"It's marvellous for us as a family to know that people were working this land 6000 years ago, - and for us to be discovering these things." - Gareth Wyn Jones, Landowner and Farmer
It's been a great couple of weeks, if not a tad wet, and I never bore from hearing about this period in our history.
"It's kind of weird and fascinating to see, that is a stone flake or a tool 6000 years ago and nobody's touched it since then. Until you've touched it and it just brings history to life." - Steven, Volunteer
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