A mixture of one- and two-bedroom apartments spread out across four nine-storey blocks off Blackstock Street was given the go-ahead by the city council during today’s planning committee meeting.
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An ancient campsite and hundreds of stone artifacts were unearthed near the 13
th century Rhuddlan Castle in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. Additionally, they were located close to Twthill which is the location of a motte (or mound) dating back to the 11
th century and is believed to be where the town’s first castle was built.
Denbighshire county councilor Ann Davies explained that a house was approved to be built on Hylas Lane which is near the castle and Twthill so they decided that an archaeological dig would be conducted prior to the construction and that’s when they found the artifacts and campsite.
“We found a lot of worked flint from the Mesolithic period,” Richard Cooke explained. “There were three post holes, material from which was carbon dated at between 9220 and 9280 years old.”
In total, the archaeologists recovered 314 stone objects buried at the site. In addition to flints they also found many chipped pieces of chert, a hard sedimentary rock made from quartz crystals that is suitable for making tools. A few intact, rudimentary stone tools made from these materials were found at the new site, including scrapers that were likely hand-manufactured to cut meat and/or scrape hides, and small sharp blades called microliths that could function as versatile knives. They also discovered a tool they referred to as a “ notch,” which they believe was used to shape pieces of wood into useful objects.
Ancient encampment dating back 9,000 years is unearthed in North Wales town
More than 300 stone artefacts were also discovered at the mesolithic site in the shadow of Rhuddlan Castle
05:00, 18 FEB 2021
Among the finds were scrapers made of flint and chert (Image: Aeon Archeology)
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