Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ogof Pant-y-Wennol
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cave
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 21 January 1986
- Community
- Llandudno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.31803, -3.79057
- SAM number
- CN190
- Cadw record number
- 210
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandNational Library of Scotland
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of a cave containing archaeological deposits that date from as early as the Palaeolithic period. A cave may have been used for occupation, storage, burial, refuse, or as a temporary shelter.
The entrance to the cave is located in a low limestone cliff and is approximately 2m high and 4m wide. The interior consists of a single chamber measuring 6m in height. Excavations have uncovered the remains of six humans and Neolithic pottery. Other finds are possibly Mesolithic and include bone tools, flints and a hearth.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement, ritual and funerary practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
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- Bodafon HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Piers and Walls at entrance to Forecourt to Bodafon HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Craig-Llwyd BachDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.