Pitton Cliff Cave, Rhossili, Swansea


NGR: SS 4251 8754

NMR: -

SMR: 05736w

CCR: 2017-69

Excavation: Cwmbran Caving Club, 1985.

Curation: -

Burials: MNI: 1+

Finds: Bronze Age artefact, animal bones.

Date: Neolithic (1)

14C: 4882 bp (OxA-11781, redated 4837 bp, OxA-16570) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Davies, M. (1993) The Caves of the South Gower Coast: an Archaeological Assessment. Swansea.

Elgoff, S. & Evans, E. (2010) Later Prehistoric Undefended and Roman Rural Settlement in Southeast Wales.

Pettitt, R.G. 2015. Materiality in Early Bronze Age Wales. PhD thesis, University of Manchester.

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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