Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site

Bontnewydd palaeolithic site
Pontnewydd
Ogof Bontnewydd Cave
cave entry
Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site is located in Wales
Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site
Shown within Wales
Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site is located in the United Kingdom
Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site
Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site (the United Kingdom)
Locationnear St Asaph
RegionDenbighshire, Wales
Coordinates53°13′37″N 3°28′34″W / 53.22694°N 3.47611°W / 53.22694; -3.47611
History
PeriodsPaleolithic
Associated withNeanderthals
Site notes
Excavation dates1978
ArchaeologistsStephen Aldhouse Green

The Bontnewydd palaeolithic site (Welsh: [bɔntˈnɛuɨ̯ð]), also known in its unmutated form as Pontnewydd (Welsh for 'new bridge'), is an archaeological site near St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales. It is one of only three sites in Britain to have produced fossils of ancient species of humans (together with Boxgrove and Swanscombe) and the only one with fossils of a classic Neanderthal.[1] It is located a few yards east of the River Elwy, near the hamlet of Bontnewydd, near Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire.

  1. ^ Ashton, pp. 53-54