The Llyn Fawr Phase is the name given by archaeologists to the final metalworking phase of the Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

 in Britain

Prehistoric Britain

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, dating to between c. 800 BC and c. 700BC, when the transition to the Iron Age

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...

 was underway.

It is named after a hoard

Hoard

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 of metalwork found in Llyn Fawr

Llyn Fawr

Llyn Fawr is a lake in the Cynon Valley , South Wales, best known as the site of an important hoard of weapons and tools from the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age...

 in Glamorgan

Glamorgan

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 between 1911 and 1913. Bronze and iron co-existed although the latter was more limited to cutting implements whilst bronze was used for both weapons (Sompting axes) and other items such as cauldron

Cauldron

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s, razor

Razor

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s, horse harness mounts and winged chapes.

Imports of Gündlingen swords from the Continental Hallstatt

Hallstatt

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 C phase influenced local styles such as the Thames sword.

It is preceded by the Ewart Park Phase

Ewart Park Phase

The Ewart Park Phase refers to a period of the later Bronze Age Britain.It is named after a founder's hoard discovered in Ewart Park in Northumberland and is the twelfth in a sequence of industrial stages that cover the period 3000 BC to 600 BC.....

.