BCRA funded dig under Pembroke Castle

[alanw]

Pembroke: Archaeologists hunt for Ice Age life under castle

Archaeologists focus on areas of a cave that have been undisturbed for more than 10,000 years.

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Archaeologists have made discoveries which could be fresh evidence of life during the Ice Age ... including reindeer and woolly mammoth bones

 

[Andy Farrant]

This work has been funded in part by the BCRA Cave Science and Technology Research Fund. If you have a project that you think could be helped by a small grant, then take a look at https://bcra.org.uk/researchfund/. The scope of the research fund is wide covering everything from archaeology to cave monitoring and use of technology in caves. You don't need to be a University academic to apply or do a cave science project, the fund is open to all BCRA members. So, get out there and do some cave science!

 

[alanw]

'Enormous' cave under Pembroke Castle could rewrite history, researchers say

Archaeologists have so far uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals at the cave.

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A cave hidden beneath an 11th Century castle in Pembrokeshire is a "truly remarkable site" which could rewrite Britain's prehistory, researchers say.

Small digs of the cave under Pembroke Castle, known as Wogan Cavern, have so far uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.

The University of Aberdeen will now lead a larger five-year exploration of the site, which archaeologists hope could reveal "a great deal about our early prehistoric forebears".

 

[mrodoc]

And it is a Devon caver closely involved!

 

[Lankyman]

I know hippos and Neanderthals are important but the question we need answering is 'why Wogan?'

 

[Long Drop]

It's because previous archaeology at the cave uncovered rock carvings which indicated that the early Neanderthals were called Janet and John.

 

[alanw]

Original Aberdeen Press Release, including links to images

From hippos to Homo sapiens: cave hidden beneath Pembroke Castle could rewrite Britain’s prehistoric story

News from University of Aberdeen

aberdeenuni-newsroom.prgloo.com

and official site https://www.wogancavern.org/