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Banwell Bone Cave

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Banwell Bone Cave
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Banwell Bone Cave is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Banwell Bone Cave is a limestone cave located near Bristol, formed through natural dissolution processes typical of Carboniferous Limestone in the region. It is historically significant as the site where early human remains and artifacts from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods were discovered, contributing to understanding of prehistoric activity in southwest England.

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Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0