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Graig Lwyd Neolithic Axe Factory
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Graig Lwyd Neolithic Axe Factory submitted by TimPrevett on 8th Apr 2004. Graig Lwyd Neolithic Axe Factory sits on the extinct volcano above the North Wales coastal town of Penmaenmawr. Spectacular views abound, with panoramic views to the Tal Y Fan mountain to the south, the Great Orme to the east, and Anglesey to the west.
Access is questionable; the 'volcanic plug' from which was taken microdiorite or augite granophyre is on top of a ridge which is still being quarried on its east and north sides for rocks of different geological specifications. The outcrop can ...
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Log Text: Modern quarrying came close to destroying the site. One of several heavily worked rock faces and much evidence of worked blocks, edged axe blanks, flaked pieces and one exceptionally good insitu piece. On a revisit, I noticed that the previously ignored "scree slope" is in fact an immense amount of waste material from axe blank manufacturing. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of large flakes that have been hammered off the quarried blocks.
Nant-Y-Graig
Date Added: 5th May 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1985. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Access is problematic as the landowner and gamekeeper are not keen on anyone visiting. The caves of archaeological interest are in the bottom of a gorge cut by a small stream. There are a series of 8 caves properly known as the Brasgyll caves. Number 2 and 8 have been archaeologically excavated. More information here https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnortheastwales/12-caves-a-b