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Caves near St. Asaph

1871; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 3; Issue: 69 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/003327b0

1476-4687

T. McK. Hughes,

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IT will interest archæologists to know that new caves are being opened by Mr. Townshend Mainwaring in the neighbourhood of St. Asaph, and that already we have much additional evidence brought to light as to the early inhabitants of that part of the country. In one which appears to run downward into the cliff at Carregwen, near Galltfænan, remains of various animals have been found in brown cave-earth, among them one which has been determined to be that of a reindeer, by Mr. Dawkins, who is further of opinion that it has been gnawed by a wolf or hyæna. This is very interesting, as the cave is high up in the face of a precipice, and with the present physical geography the larger animals could not get into that cave except by being carried there; so that we have here either cave-earth containing remains of such a remote antiquity that the gorge below has been considerably altered since its accumulation, or we have the ancient abode of carnivorous beasts able to carry the large animals into their den.