Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bont Newydd Cave
Cefnmeiriadog, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cefnmeiriadog, Denbighshire, recorded as Cave (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cave
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Cefnmeiriadog
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.22712, -3.47628
- SAM number
- DE116
- Cadw record number
- 2942
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a cave containing archaeological deposits that can date from as early as the Palaeolithic period. A cave may have been used for occupation, storage, burial, refuse, or as a temporary shelter.
Bont Newydd Cave is located north of the road from Cefn to Bont Newydd. The entrance is set at the foot of an overhanging limestone cliff and is approximately 12m high. Archaeological finds from the cave have included hominid teeth and a flint assemblage. The flints include a handaxe and a Levallois flake, which substantiate the interpretation of the assemblage as being Late Acheulian.
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
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Bont Newydd (partly in Llannefydd community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Bont Newydd (partly in Cefnmeiriadog community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Former Smithy Range at Plas-yn-CefnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.