|
Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves
 Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves are two scheduled monuments, in Denbighshire, Wales, which are also designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The site has two caves, with entrances close to each other high on a valley side, above the Vale of Clwyd.[1][2] They were first excavated in 1883–5. Human tools have been found on the site dating back to around 36,000 BC, and a mammoth bone has been dated back to 16,000 BC.[3] These very early discoveries were significant in providing one of the first direct associations between stone tools of paleolithic people and the bones of extinct pre-iceage animals such as mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.[4] In 1963 it was designated as an SSSI for the palaeontological interest described above and for its species interest as a winter roost of lesser horseshoe bat.[4] See also
Notes
53°14′28″N 3°22′19″W / 53.241°N 3.3719°W
Information related to Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves |
