and Permian limestones are also shown. 1. Creag nan Uamh Caves. 2. Oban Bay Caves. 3. Pontnewydd Cave. 4. Paviland Cave. 5. Victoria Cave. 6. Creswell Caves. 7. Cheddar Gorge Caves. 8. Westbury Quarry Cave. 9. Kent’s Cavern and Brixham Cave.

Wales Comprehensive reviews of the cave archaeology of Wales can be found in Ford (1989), and only two of the most important sites are mentioned here. Pontnewydd Cave is located near Denbigh, about 10 km from the north coast of Wales. The cave was excavated by Stephen Aldhouse-Green in the 1970s and 1980s (Green, 1984). The site is distinguished archaeologically by its abundance of stone tools of Lower Paleolithic type, together with waste flakes from their manufacture. Accompanying fauna show that the cave was occupied by early humans during an interglacial period about 230000 years ago (Oxygen Isotope Stage 7). Fragmentary bones and teeth of several human individuals have been excavated from debris-flow deposits in the cave, but radiocarbon dating has shown that at least some of these human remains are derived from disturbed Holocene burials.