CAVE BURIAL

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

Gwaenysgor Cave


Excavation

J.H. Morris, 1885.

Curation

Manchester Museum.

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Flints, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Trelawnyd & Gwaenysgor

Flintshire

Wales

NGR: SJ 0802 8041

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External References

Royal Commission CARN Database150939
Sites and Monument Record102239
Cambrian Caving Council Record908

Bibliography

Davies, E. (1925) Hut circles and ossiferous cave on Gop Farm, Gwaunysgor, Flintshire. Archaeologia Cambrensis 5: 436-438.

Davies, E. (1949) The Prehistoric and Roman Remains of Flintshire. Cardiff.

Dinnis, R. & Ebbs, C. (2013) Cave deposits of North Wales: some comments on their archaeological importance and an inventory of sites of potential interest. Cave and Karst Science 40: 28-34.

Glenn, T.A. (1913) Distribution of Neolithic implements in northern Flintshire. Archaeologia Cambrensis 13: 181-190.

Goold, H.V. (1926) Gwaenysgor stalactite caves. Proceedings of the Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and District Field Club XI (1924–25), 58–60.

Article Author Graham Mullan