Casgliadau Arlein

One of a pair of non-joining mesial fragments of a bone point. This piece is from the proximal part of the artefact and has a recent break at the distal end, and an ancient break at the proximal end. The latter end is worn and partially discoloured black, possibly through heating. On the dorsal face, at the upper end, is the remnant of the meduallary cavity. Longitudinal scraping has produced a series of clearly defined facets with at the upper end an approximately heptagonal section. Both the base of the medullary cavity and a small strip on the left lateral/ventral margin of the piece, which appears to be the natural external surface of the bone, are unmodified. This fragment is seen to taper in both width and especially thickness from the top to the base, with thinning largely achieved by a single flat dorsal facet which resembles a very elongated bevel.

Part of collection of finds from a multi-period cave-site.

This bone was sampled for dating by Dr Paul Pettitt of the Oxford University Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art 30th January 2001 at the Request of Dr Roger M. Jacobi.

The piece is a worked bone point fragment from near the tip. The piece is damaged and there is recent evidence for another break at the end. It is stained a brownish colour. Another piece of this point survives and is in the private possession of Mr Blore (as at 8th December 2007).