Carreg Cennen Cave, Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire


NGR: SN 6684 1906

NPRN: 84030

SMR: 3999

CCR: 1250

Excavation: T.C. Cantrill, 1900; M.Davies, 1980-81.

Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (31.384).

Burials: MNI: 4 (2 adult, 2 juveniles)

Finds: Worked animal bones and teeth

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Camden, W. (1695) Britannia. London.

Campbell, J.B. (1977) The Upper Palaeolithic of Britain. A Study of Man and Nature in the Late Ice Age. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Cantrill, T.C. (1919) Some chemical characters of ancient charcoals. Archaeologia Cambrensis 19: 365-392.

Davies, M. (1980) Carreg Cennen Castle Cave. Archaeology in Wales 20: 23.

Davies, M. (1981) The location of the bone cave at Carreg Cennen Castle. South Wales Caving Club Newsletter 95: 16-17.

Davies, M. (1995) The Cantrill discoveries. South Wales Caving Club Newsletter 115: 28-32.

Grimes, W.F. (1933) The T.C. Cantrill Collection. Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 6: 93-94.

Oldham, A.D. (2003) The Caves of Carmarthen. Privately printed.

Roese, H.E. (1979) Archaeological discoveries by T.C. Cantrill. Archaeologia Cambrensis 128: 147-155.

Walker.E.A., Chapman, E.M., Chivall, D., Faillace, K., Hodkinson, P., Madgwick, R. & O’Regan, H.J. (2021) Carreg Cennen Castle Cave, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire: a review of the work undertaken by T.C. Cantrill in 1900. Archaeologia Cambrensis 170: 67-76.

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