Mewslade Cave, Rhossili, Swansea


NGR: SS 4223 8729

NPRN: 305515

SMR: 00116W

CCR: 1080

Excavation: E.R. Wood, 1850s.

Curation: : ?

Burials: MNI: 7+.

Finds: Flint artefacts, animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Allen, E.E. & Rutter, J.G. (1948) Gower Caves. Welsh Guides, Swansea.

Murchison, C. (1868) Palaeontological Memoirs and Notes of the late Hugh Falconer. VolumeII. Robert Hardwicke, London.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976) An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan. Volume I: Pre-Norman Part I. The Stone and Bronze Ages. HMSO, Cardiff.

Oldham, A.D.. (1978) The Caves of Gower. Privately printed.

Schaafhausen (1861) On the crania of ancient races of man. Natural History Review, New Series 1: 174.

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.

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