Nant-y-Graig Cave (Brasgyll Cave 2), Llannefydd, Conwy


NGR: SJ 0056 7130

NPRN: 306686

SMR: 19309, 102147, 101424

CCR: 1440

Excavation: C.S. Mainwaring & Mrs Williams Wynn, 1871; J.H. Owen, 1946-48.

Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (68.88/8-9).

Burials: MNI: 6+

Finds: Flint arrowhead, flint flakes and core, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.

Date: ?Neolithic (2)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.

Dawkins, W.B. (1874) (1874) Cave Hunting. MacMillan, London.

Davies, E. (1948) Nant-y-Graig cave. Proceedings of the Llandudno and District Field Club 21: 19-20.

Tankard, E. (1946) Notes on finds in a limestone cave at Nant-y-Graig, Vale of Clwyd. Archaeologia Cambrensis 99: 119-122.

Valdemar, A.E. & Jones, R.D. (1970) An initial report on the archaeological and palaeontological caves and rock shelters in North Wales. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain 12 (2): 99-107.

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