Ogof Colomendy, Gwernymynydd, Flintshire


NGR: SJ 2020 6277

NPRN: -

SMR: 102804

CCR: 1515

Excavation: E. Carr, P. Hunter, C. Ebbs & M. Davies, 1975-1979, Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust, 2015.

Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (82.2 H).

Burials: MNI: 5

Finds: Leaf shaped arrowhead, flint flake, animal bones.

Date: Neolithic (1); Early Bronze Age (1)

14C: 3475 bp (OxA-11354, redated to 3518 bp, OxA-16523 ; 4408 bp (SUERC 66486) 4081 bp (SERC-97578) and 3314 bp (SUERC-97579) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Carr, E. (1975) NWCC Newsletter, 32.

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust (2016) Caves of North East Wales - Archaeological Evaluation 2015-16. CPAT Report No. 1380.

Davies, M. (1975) Ogof Colomendy. Archaeology in Wales 15: 23-24.

Davies, M. (1976) Ogof Colomendy. Archaeology in Wales 16: 20.

Davies, M. (1977) Ogof Colomendy. Archaeology in Wales 17: 20.

Davies, M. (1989) Cave archaeology in North Wales. In Ford, T.D. (ed.) Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 92-101.

Hankinson, R. (2016) Caves of North-East Wales: Archaeological Evaluation 2015-16. CPAT Report No. 1380. Welshpool, The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.

Konstantinidi, E. (2022) Examining Neolithic mortuary treatment in caves: Ogof Colomendy, North Wales. PAST The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 100: 14-15.

Schulting, R.J. (2020) Claddedigaethau mewn ogofâu: Prehistoric human remains (mainly) from the caves of Wales. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (2) : 185-219.

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