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  • The pendant of decorated cattle / deer teeth which forms the subject of this image was discovered by Thomas Kendrick, a Victorian copper miner and eponymous owner of Kendrick's Cave. They are important because they date from the end of the last Ice Age, c. 10,000 years ago, a time during which Britain was only sparsely settled.
Decorated teeth from an Ice Age pendant, c. 10,000 years old
  • These beads were found at The Nab Head, Pembrokeshire. They are made on natural stone discs that can be picked up on the surrounding beaches today. The beads, each of which is less than 15mm in diameter, are perforated using simple flint drills and could have been used as jewellery or possibly sewn onto clothing. Beads of stone from Pembrokeshire have also been found at Waun Fignen Felen in the Black Mountains of Powys.
Stone beads, c. 9,100 years old