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  • The artefacts shown in this photograph include:

an amber disc, possibly used as a gaming counter (top left)
an inscribed slate disc (top centre)
a whetstone (bottom centre)
and a range of pottery fragments including examples of styles made in the Cotswolds / Wiltshire area.
Range of artefacts from Hen Gastell, Neath (early medieval date)
  • Whetstone with ferrule in the form of a helmet with nose guard.
Early medieval whetstone from Llanbedr-goch