Ogof-y-Benglog (New Cave/Skull Cave), Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire


NGR: SS 1470 9688

NPRN: 310531

SMR: 7396

CCR: 1067

Excavation: J. Van Nedervelde, 1969.

Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (88.71H).

Burials: MNI: 1 (adult).

Finds: Leaf-shaped arrowhead.

Date: Neolithic (1)

14C: 4660 bp (OxA-7743) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Bronk Ramsey, C., Pettitt, P.B., Hedges, R.E.M., Hodgins, G.W.L. & Owen, D.C. (2000) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 30. Archaeometry 42: 459-479.

Davies, M. (1989) Recent advances in cave archaeology in southwest Wales. In Ford, T.D. (ed.) Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 79-91.

Smart, J. (1971) The Caves of Caldey. The British Caver 55.

Schulting, R.J. & Richards, M.P. (2002) Finding the coastal Mesolithic in southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales. Antiquity 76: 1011-1025.

Van Nedervelde, J. (1969) Caldey Island (New Cave). Archaeology in Wales 9: 14.

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