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Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves

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bone has been dated back to 16,000 BC. These very early discoveries were significant in providing one of the first direct associations between
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In 1963 it was designated as an SSSI for the palaeontological interest described above and for its species interest as a winter roost of
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The site has two caves, with entrances close to each other high on a valley side, above the
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Caves which are a site of special scientific interest in Denbighshire, Wales, UK
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
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naturalresources.wales SSSI citation for Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves
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people and the bones of extinct pre-iceage animals such as mammoth and
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Denbighshire
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For the holy well in Clynnog Fawr, Gwynedd, see, see
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St Beuno's Church, Clynnog Fawr § Fynnon Beuno
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St Beuno's Church, Clynnog Fawr § Fynnon Beuno

Scheduled Ancient Monuments
Denbighshire
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Vale of Clwyd
mammoth
stone tools
paleolithic
woolly rhinoceros
lesser horseshoe bat
Cefn Caves
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Denbighshire
List of Scheduled Monuments in Denbighshire
Ffynnon Beuno (ID NPRN306678)
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
Cae Gwyn Cave (ID NPRN306677)
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
Ffynnon Beuno cave (ID PRN102159)
SMR
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT)
Cae Gwyn Cave (ID PRN102158)
SMR
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT)
"Ffynnon Beuno (Caves)"


naturalresources.wales SSSI citation for Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves
53°14′28″N 3°22′19″W / 53.241°N 3.3719°W / 53.241; -3.3719
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