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CALDEY ISLAND, in Carmarthen Bay, two miles south of Tenby, has been occupied since the prehistoric period, and, as is shown by the raised beaches in the vicinity, has been exposed to periodical eleva ion and depresson. From time to time caves have been found in the Carboniferous limestone. Two of these were examined by a local clergyman about the middle of the last century, but the exploration was carried out in an unscientific way, and the remains discovered, without precise identification or record of stratification, are now deposited in the Tenby Museum. A more careful examination of the rdck shelter, known as Nanna's Cave, has recently been made by local archæ1ogists, and the results are described in a paper by Mr. A. L. Leach, reprinted from Archæologia Cambrensis for July, 1916. Remains of two skeletons, one female, the other male, were found. The female skull presents no characters which enable us to separate it from modern British skulls, or from remains which have been found in Neolithic or later Pakeolithic deposits. It may be as old as the Aurignacean; but it showed no character which would disprove it being of Neolithic or historic age. In association with it was found a skilfully struck flint flake, similar to that obtained from the Hoyle Cave near Tenby, which is probably of the late Pakeolithic age. This fact, however, is not conclusive of the age of the human remains. In the Romano-British age the cave was again occupied, and some fragments of pottery of that period formed parts of an olla, or cooking-pot, and a mortarium, probably used for rubbing down fruits and other soft food.
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Nanna's Cave, Isle of Caldey . Nature 99, 93–94 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099093b0
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