CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Caerwys Cave No. 3


Excavation

Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, 2015.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Neolithic14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material

14C

4498 bp (SUERC 66490) on charcoal.

Caerwys

Flintshire

Wales

NGR: SJ 12385 73201

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External References

Sites and Monument Record123465
Cambrian Caving Council Record1462

Bibliography

Hankinson, R. (2015) Caves of North-East Wales: Archaeological Assessment 2014-15. CPAT Report No. 1313. Welshpool, The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.

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

Article Author Graham Mullan