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  • Cathole Cave was used as a shelter by bands of hunters during the latter part of the last Ice Age. It was excavated by Professor Charles McBurney and the finds from his work are stored at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
Cathole Cave, Gower, Stone Age shelter
An essay on Caio and its antiquities, the caves, Cothi river &c. by Gwilym Teilo, 1862, front cover [image 1 of 30]
  • A collection of items which were excavated at Pontnewydd Cave, Denbighshire.
Pontnewydd Cave, Denbighshire
  • A collection of items which were excavated at Coygan Cave, Carmarthenshire.
Coygan Cave, Carmarthenshire
  • A collection of items which were excavated at Paviland Cave, Glamorgan.
Paviland Cave, Glamorgan