Eel Point Cave
Excavation
G.N. Smith, 1840; E. Laws, 1882-1888; J. van Nedervelde, 1970, 1986.
Curation
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (90.55H).
Burials
MNI: 2+.
Finds
Pottery, flint artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Roman | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
| Upper Palaeolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
24470bp (OxA-14164) on human bone; 1771bp (OxA-10968) on human bone.
Additional Notes
Partially quarried away
External References
| Sites and Monument Record | 4285, 4548 |
| Cambrian Caving Council Record | 1038 |
Bibliography
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.
Lacaille, A.D. & Grimes, W.F. (1961) The prehistory of Caldey. Archaeologia Cambrensis 110: 37-39, 60-63.
Laws, E. (1888) The History of Little England Beyond Wales. Bell, London.
Leach, A.L. (1916) Nanna’s Cave, Isle of Caldey. Archaeologia Cambrensis 16: 155-180.
Leach, A.L. (1945) The Rev. G.N. Smith: a Pembrokeshire antiquary. Archaeologia Cambrensis 98: 248-254.
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.
Schulting, R.J. et al. (2005) A mid-upper Palaeolithic human humerus from Eel Point, South Wales, U.K. Journal of Human Evolution 48: 493-505.
Article Author Graham Mullan