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Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site
53.2269° N, -3.4761° E
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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. It is located a few yards east of the River Elwy, near the hamlet of Bontnewydd, near Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire.
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Mammoth-steppe fauna dated
c. 41,000–28,000 years ago
Canid record (wolf)
c. 243,000 years before present
Excavations began
1978
Neanderthal remains dated
c. 230,000 years ago
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