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Multi-periodSite Name: Cwm Mawr Stone Axe FactoryCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Map Ref: SO305950
Latitude: 52.548392N Longitude: 3.02636W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Stone Axe Factory in Powys. Cwm Mawr Axe Factory, Hyssington, Archaeological Survey and Excavation 2007.
A programme of survey and trial excavation has now been completed in an attempt to confirm the source of the Group XII Bronze Age battle axes and axe hammers which have been found in Wales and the Marches. The axes are made from a distinct rock type known as picrite which is has a very limited distribution, with one of the known outcrops being a small hill near Cwm Mawr, just to the north-west of the village of Hyssington in eastern Montgomeryshire.
The Cwm Mawr area was first suggested as a potential source for the axes following a study in the 1950s, the results of which were published in a paper by Shotton, Chitty and Seaby in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society in 1951. They identified a number of likely rock sources around the hill, including a small quarry, and concluded that the site 'clearly calls for excavation'. Since the 1950s other products from the axe factory have been found over a wide distribution and a number of other local features such as picrite outcrops, boulders, and small quarries have been recorded.
The present project was undertaken with funding from Cadw in an attempt to define the extent of prehistoric workings and assess their potential, as well as considering their future management.
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