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DE llANCE : THE VALE OF CLWYD CAVES. 
they resembled those found in Kent's Cavern, he states they have 
every indication of being used and have now a wliite porcellanous 
appearance. 
When I examined the cavern with Dr. Hicks, the work of 
exploration was drawing to a conclusion, I found the fissure to have 
been extensively mined at some period, and with a rope followed it 
down some 40 feet below the level of the floor of the cavern. 
The western small undisturbed tunnel was discovered by Dr. 
Hicks, and searching for still another entrance, he found the entrance 
into the cavern now called Cae Gwyn, this he discovered in 1884, he 
considered a portion of the entrance had been originally quarried 
away, and filled up with debris, on this being removed, a cavern was 
seen filled up with loam, to within 2^ to 4 feet of the roof, a small 
chamber, Avith a turn to the right hand was reached, and a trial made 
at 45 feet from the actual entrance, here under the loam, and under- 
lying laminated clay, occurred bones belonging to Rhinoceros, Horse, 
Reindeer, and Red Deer, and a well-worked Flint-scraper, resembling 
those of the French Caves of the Reindeer period, according to Dr. 
Evans. The work in this cave was resumed in 1885, much debris 
had to be removed, and large masses of limestone had to be blasted 
that were found resting upon the gravel beneath. 
Fig. 3. Section in cavern near new entrance. Scale. 6 feet to 1 inch. 
a. Local Gravel. 
b. Bone Earth. 
c. Laminated Clay. 
d. Banded Earth. 
At the time of my visit in the autumn of 1885, the Cae Gwyn 
Cavern had been worked back as far as the supposed chamber marked 
