CAVE BURIAL

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

Ogof Drawsddu

Also known as Ogof Drawsdre Isaf


Excavation

D. Davies, 1797.

Curation

Carmarthen Museum.

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Bronze spearhead.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Bronze Age14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material

14C

-

Additional Notes

Probably Middle or Late Bronze Age.

Llanarthney

Carmarthenshire

Wales

NGR: SN 547 154

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External References

Sites and Monument Record665
Cambrian Caving Council Record2014-19

Bibliography

Anon (1893) Small bronze spear-head. Archaeologia Cambrensis 48: 142.

Burgess, C.B. (1976) Burials with metalwork of the Later Bronze Age in Wales and beyond. In Boon, G.C. and Lewis, J.M. (eds) Welsh Antiquity. Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, pp. 81-104.

RCAHMW (1917) The Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire. V. County of Carmarthen. London, HMSO.

Valdemar, A.E. (1970) A preliminary initial report on the archaeological and palaeontological caves and rock shelters of Wales. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain 12 (2): 113-126.

Article Author Graham Mullan