Talk:Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site

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Just a quick note to tell you that either Bont or Pont Newydd will do. Both are correct it all depends on the way the word fits in grammatically. There are signposts showing both ways of spelling the name going in and out of the tiny village, seven houses and one Public House when I lived there in 1950's and early 60's. With the Y meaning The in front Bont becomes Pont and the Newydd will always mean new. Mind you here is a picture of the bridge and there is definitely nothing new about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.75.16 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 20 March 2010

Another small correction, when I was at the site when it was being worked, the tooth that had been found a few years earlier; which is why the dig took place was that of a fourteen year old girl.

There was to my recollection no other human finds during the last dig, plenty of animals; bear, tiger, lemmings (they get everywhere!) wolves, boar. many, many more you would be astounded. I will try to dig out the pamphlets that we collected on the day we visited the site.The cave mentioned was not one of the large caves which are mostly a Victorian Folly, like the Lemming's those Victorians also got about a bit. It was a far older opening which was used through many different times of trouble. The last time it was used during WWII, was for ammunition I think!

The valley which holds the village of Bont Newydd is trapped within two great rises, on the one side the Bryn, and on the other the Berain. you can descend into the valley from Henllan, and Llannefydd on the one side of the River Elwy and on the other side from St. Asaph, via Cefn Meiriadog, and also from Glascoed coming in from the other side. There were many times as children when getting out of the valley during winter was impossible but most beautiful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.75.16 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 20 March 2010

P or B?

 * Bontnewydd or Pontnewydd? Wicipedia call their article Ogof Bontnewydd. Bontnewydd seems more recognisable, but I could be swayed. Daicaregos (talk) 07:31, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * The two main publications by Stephen Green on the excavations both have Pontnewydd in the title, so it would be more helpful to use this name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.30.172 (talk) 22:55, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


 * The unmutated Pontnewydd is used in English books consistently, but local usage mutates (or softens) the word to a B, and as Dai says, we've opted for this version on cy; after time this is accepted into official documents, and is seen on the local road signage. This has happened in many places, such as the 'Bontnewydd' near Caernarfon. Maybe in a thousand years, the English spelling will catch up. Secondly, as this is one of the most important caves in Europe, I'm very surprised that it's just a stub! Llywelyn2000 (talk) 09:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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