Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site

Cefn Meiriadog, Italy

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 wit

h Boxgrove and Swanscombe) and the only one with fossils of a classic Neanderthal. It is located a few yards east of the River Elwy, near the hamlet of Bontnewydd, near Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire.

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Nearby

Bont Newydd monumenti · 0.3 km away
Plas-yn-Cefn beni_culturali · 0.5 km away
Church of St Mary chiese · 0.6 km away
Galltfaenan Hall beni_culturali · 2 km away
Groesffordd Marli Chapel chiese · 3 km away
Bryn Deunydd Old Chapel chiese · 3 km away
Churchyard Walls and Lychgate at the Church of St Sadwrn monumenti · 3 km away
Bryn-y-Ffynon beni_culturali · 3 km away