CAE GWTN CAVE, NORTH WALES. 



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to see the conditions before the place was finally covered over, I will 

 give their evidence as communicated to me : — 



Mr. Morgan wrote that " the day after Dr. Geikie was here, Mr. 

 De Ranee came over to make a sketch, and just before the men 

 began to fill in the pit he got Eobcrt to make a fresh cut at the 

 place," ?'. e. the north-east end by the side of the block of limestone, 

 and under the overhanging rocks. He further says that happening 

 to go down there just at the time, he noticed that " there were 

 layers of sand which we had not seen before, and instead of being 

 vertical they were quite the opposite, the layers going right across." 



Fig. 4. — Ground-plan of the Cae Givyn Cave, and of the Eoccavation 

 in the Drift in front of the covered entrance. (Scale about 

 50 ft. to 1 inch.) 



A. Old entrance. 



B. New entrance, uncovered under drift. 



C. Chamber in which flint-scraper was found. 



D. E, F, Outside line of excavation ; from D to E the drift was 



removed to the limestone-floor ; from E to E in parts only. 

 * Position of flint-flakes. 



The results obtained by Mr. De Eance are given in his Note (p. 576), 

 The section (fig. 5) is intended to show the sequence of the deposits 

 as they were observed throughout the cavern, and in their extension 



