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Foxhole Slade Cave

Also known as Foxhole Cave

Excavation

S. Aldhouse-Green, 1997; R. Schulting, 2008, 2010, 2012.

Curation

Burials

MNI: 3+

Finds

Early Mesolithic stone tools, animal bones.

Dates

Period	Reliability
Neolithic	¹⁴C date obtained directly on human remains
Mesolithic	¹⁴C date obtained directly on human remains

¹⁴C

6785 bp (OxA-8316) on human bone; 4940, 4840, 4625 bp (OxA-8315, OxA-8318, OxA-8317) on human bone.

Field Glossary

Rhossili

Glamorgan

Wales

NGR: SS 4384 8602

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External References

Royal Commission CARN Database	300253
Cambrian Caving Council Record	2016-1

Bibliography

Aldhouse-Green, S. (2000) Paviland Cave and the “Red Lady”: a Definitive Report. Western Academic and Specialist Press, Bristol.

Davies, M. (1993) The Caves of the South Gower Coast: an Archaeological Assessment.

Oldham, A.D.. (1982) The Caves of Gower. Privately printed.

Schulting, R.J. et al. (2008) Excavations at Foxhole Cave, Gower Peninsula, 8-19 September 2008. Preliminary report. Unpublished report prepared for the National Trust and the Countryside Council of Wales.

Schulting, R.J. et al. (2013) Mesolithic and Neolithic humans remains from Foxhole Cave (Gower, South Wales). Antiquaries Journal 93: 1-23.

Article Author Graham Mullan