NGR: : SH 7798 8281
NPRN: 93671
SMR: 635
SAM: Cn 191
CCR: 2014-12
Excavation: T. Kendrick, 1879-1880.
Curation: : British Museum, London; Llandudno Public Library; Rhos on Sea Museum, Colwyn Bay; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Burials: MNI: 4+ (3 adult, 1 juvenile).
Finds: Polished stone axe and knife, flint flakes, worked bone and teeth, animal bones.
Date: Upper Palaeolithic (1)
14C: 11,760 to 12090 bp (OxA-6114, 7002, 7003, 7004) on human bone.
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