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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Ancient Footprints on Kenfig Beach Alternative Name: Kenfig SandsCountry: Wales County: South Glamorgan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Kenfig
Map Ref: SS785807
Latitude: 51.512122N Longitude: 3.752266W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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He said, "We found the first on January 19 2007, the day after storms had whipped up the sand revealing the bedrock below. The peat beds were formed from the floor of a vast forest, which once stretched right across the valley which now forms the Bristol Channel, until sea levels rose approximately 8,000 years ago."
The next day they found about 10 more footprints, going in both directions, along with smaller ones that could have been made by a child.
"The prints are deeply impressed into the surface, which illustrates their antiquity as the peat beds are now almost rock-hard, having been under tons of sand for the last 6,000 years.
Source: ICWales
The prints have been investigated and verified by Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, they have reported it in their newsletter and produced two reports, here and here (PDF)
Steve announced the discovery in our forum at the time.
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