Nant-y-Fuach Rock Shelter
Excavation
W.H. Stead & R. Bridgwood, 1950-57.
Curation
?Chester Museum; W.H. Stead.
Burials
MNI: 5
Finds
Peterborough Ware pottery, barbed and tanged arrowhead, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
| Bronze Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
-
Additional Notes
Neolithic or Bronze Age.
External References
| Sites and Monument Record | 102106 |
| Cambrian Caving Council Record | 909 |
Bibliography
Gibson, A. (1995) First impressions: a review of Peterborough Ware in Wales. In Kinnes, I. & Varndell, G. (eds) ‘Unbaked Urns of Rudely Shape’: Essays on British and Irish Pottery. Oxbow Monograph 55. Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 23-39.
Longworth, I. (1958) Notes on excavations in the British Isles, 1958. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 25: 280-281.
Lynch, F. (1969) The megalithic tombs of North Wales. In Powell, T.G.E. (ed.) Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 107-148.
Trump, D. (1957) Notes on excavations in the British Isles, 1957. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 24: 219.
Valdemar, A.E. & Jones, R.D. (1970) An initial report on the archaeological and palaeontological caves and rock shelters in North Wales. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain 12 (2): 99-107.
Article Author Graham Mullan