CAVE BURIAL

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

Ogof Brân Goesgoch


Excavation

M. Davies, 1977 (field visit).

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Bronze Age14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

3680 bp (OxA-11779, redated 3939 bp, OxA-16532)

Stackpole

Pembrokeshire

Wales

NGR: SR 9432 9386

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External References

Sites and Monument Record264
Cambrian Caving Council Record2014-7

Bibliography

Bushell, W.D. (1903) The early life of St. Samson of Dol. Archaeologia Cambrensis 319-338.

Davies, M. (1975) Ogof Bran Goesgoch. Archaeology in Wales 15: 28.

Davies, M. (1976) Ogof Bran Goesgoch. Archaeology in Wales 16: 47.

Davies, M. (1977) Ogof Bran Goesgoch - a new archaeological cave in South Pembrokeshire. Cambrian Caving Council Journal 4: 45-46.

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.

Schulting, R.J. (2020) Claddedigaethau mewn ogofâu: Prehistoric human remains (mainly) from the caves of Wales. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (2) : 185-219.

Article Author Graham Mullan