Entrance to Ffynnon Beuno cave in a south-facing limestone cliff on the E side of the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales, UK. Palaeolithic remains discovered.
Entrance to Ffynnon Beuno cave in a south-facing limestone cliff on the E side of the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales, UK. Excavations in 1885 discovered prehistoric stone tools & animal bones mixed together in a meltwater debris flow. The earliest flint tool found was an Aurignacian leaf point of c 36,000BC. Mostly occupied by animals (cave hyenas etc.) but humans lived in the area at different periods during the Early Upper Paleolithic & used the cave as a temporary shelter. The entrance to Cae Gwyn cave, of a similar nature to Ffynnon Beuno but not connected to it, is hidden behind the hawthorn tree top L. Ffynnon Beuno is on private land & the cave is locked, permission is required to visit it.
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Location: Ffynnon Beuno Cave, Tremeirchion, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
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