A cave hidden beneath one of Wales' finest castles could hold secrets dating back to the Stone Age, experts think. Wogan Cavern, a limestone cave beneath Pembroke Castle, is set to be dug up by a team of archaeologists who are hoping to uncover fresh evidence of how the cave was used by humans and Ice Age animals thousands of years ago.
A team of up to 20 archaeologists, led by Dr Rob Dinnis of the University of Aberdeen and Dr Jenni French of the University of Liverpool, will begin the three-week excavation at the end of June . Funded by the Natural History Museum and the British Cave Research Association it's hoped they'll uncover parts of the cave that have remained undisturbed for more than 10,000 years.
Preliminary work was carried out in summer 2021 after Dr Dinnis and John Boulton, of the Devon Spelæological Society, realised some important clues of early human civilisation could be hidden under the layers of earth beneath the Pembrokeshire castle famous for being the birthplace of Henry VII. Their suspicions proved correct when they discovered bones of reindeer and woolly mammoth showing it was likely an important place for the Mesolithic period.
