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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
This specimen was sampled for dating
Identified by Dr Roger Jacobi, Natural History Museum September 2005 as cf. Megaloceros giganteus right astragalus. The previous identification by Dr Katharine Scott was Megaloceris giganteus right astragalus.
Site Name: Coygan Cave, Laugharne
Notes: Trench 2 Spit 8 Roger Jacobi September 2005 notes: Note on 'spit plan' for Trench 2 Spit 10 has ' ... 100 & 102 found under large stone spit 8 not 10 ...' ? this might indicate a suspicion that it was displaced downwards. Find list gives as: '102 LL[sic]B 8 Easter 5 from basket. Markings on it appears 'erased' Clearly there are problems with specimen.
