Vol. 54.] THE EXPLORATION OP TY NEWYDD CAVES. 119 



8. Exploration of Tr Newydd Caves, Tremeirchion, Xorth Wales. 



By the Rev. G. C. H. Pollen, SJ., E.G.S. (Read December 



lath, 1897.) 



[Abridged.] 



[Plate VIII— Section.] 



Contents. -r, 



Page 



I. Introduction 119" 



II. The Eastern Cave 123 



III. The Western Cave 12(> 



IV. Connexion with the Neighbourhood and Ffynnou Beuno Oaves. 131 

 V. Conclusions 132 



I. Introduction. 



In IS^ovember 1896 a committee was formed, consisting of Dr. H. 

 Hicks, E.R.S., onr President, Dr. H. Woodward, E.R.S., with 

 myself as secretary, to excavate some caves at Tremeirchion, very 

 near the caves of Efynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn. These last were 

 excavated by Dr. Hicks and Mr. E. B. Luxmore, and during part of 

 the time by a committee appointed by the British Association in the 

 years ] 883 to 1888,^ and it was hoped that the contents of the new 

 caves might throw some additional light on the discoveries made 

 there. 



Our work is still far from complete, but Dr. Hicks, to whose 

 authority I shall frequently appeal throughout this report, considers 

 that the results already obtained are of sufficient interest to be 

 brought before the Society. 



In addition to organizing the committee of excavation. Dr. Hicks 

 obtained two grants, from the Reserve Eiind of the Royal Society 

 and from the Government Grant Eund, to cover expenses. I am 

 moreover indebted to him for much valuable advice and assistance, 

 in examining the materials found, and even in visiting the cave in 

 person. 



I must also express my gratitude to Mr. A. Eoulkes-Roberts, of 

 Denbigh, for his very kind help in the prolonged negotiations that I 

 have had with the tenants of Ty Newydd Cottage, after which I 

 have named the cave. I must add that, since we first came to an 

 understanding, the owner, Mrs. M. E. Griffiths, of Mold, has shown 

 every disposition to assist me.^ 



Another portion of land, under which the cave runs, is the pro- 

 perty of the Rev. E. J. Edwards, Vicar of Tremeirchion. He and his 

 tenant, Mr. Edward Jones, placed the ground at my free disposal. 



^ A great number of papers have been published referring to these excava- 

 tions. Prof. T. McK. Hughes, F.R.S., in Quart. Jouru. Geol. Soc, vol. xhv 

 (1888), pp. 112 et seqq., gives references to papers published before that date. 

 Dr. Hicks read a subsequent paper, which was published in the same vol. of 

 this Journal, pp. h^\ et seqq. 



^ [It is with great regret that I have now to state that Mrs. Griffiths died 

 on Dec. 23rd, 1897, alter only a few days' illness.] 



