Britain's oldest cave art may have been rediscovered in Bacon Hole cave

Ancient cave markings long overlooked confirmed as Britain’s earliest prehistoric art

A set of red markings hidden inside a cave on Wales’ Gower Peninsula has been confirmed as the oldest known prehistoric art in Britain, overturning more than a century of uncertainty surrounding the discovery. The artwork, found in a side chamber of Bacon Hole cave near Swansea, consists of ten horizontal red lines painted onto the rock surface. First discovered in 1912, the markings were later dismissed by archaeologists who believed they were …

Britain's oldest cave art may have been rediscovered in Bacon Hole cave

The oldest cave art in Britain may have been discovered, or more likely rediscovered, in a cave on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, possibly dating back around 17,000 years.