Casgliadau Arlein

Large socketed gouge with closed socket with the seam still visable. The blade is very short with a pronounded curve. Fragments of wood survive within the socket. Similar gouges with an extermely long socket are known from both Iron Age and Roman contexts but do not seem to be in use after the 1st century AD (Manning 1985, p24-5, B45-50). Gouges of this type have been recovered from Glastonbury Lake Village (Bulleid and Grey, p372,386) suggesting an Iron Age origin for this type of tool.

Gaing haearn, 200 CC-300 OC. Daeth i'r fei ym mryngaer Castell Henllys, ger Crymych, 200 CC-300 OC.