Ogof-y-Benglog
Also known as New Cave, Skull Cave
Excavation
J. Van Nedervelde, 1969.
Curation
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (88.71H).
Burials
MNI: 1 (adult).
Finds
Leaf-shaped arrowhead.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
4660 bp (OxA-7743) on human bone.
External References
Bibliography
Bronk Ramsey, C., Pettitt, P.B., Hedges, R.E.M., Hodgins, G.W.L. & Owen, D.C. (2000) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 30. Archaeometry 42: 459-479.
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.
Smart, J. (1971) The Caves of Caldey. The British Caver 55.
Schulting, R.J. & Richards, M.P. (2002) Finding the coastal Mesolithic in southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales. Antiquity 76: 1011-1025.
Van Nedervelde, J. (1969) Caldey Island (New Cave). Archaeology in Wales 9: 14.
Article Author Graham Mullan