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Alice and Gwendoline Cave

Edenvale, near Ennis, County Clare

A cut bear bone that rewrote the story of the first people in Ireland.

In 1903 a brown bear's kneecap was found in this cave, and sat in a museum drawer for a century. In 2016 scientists noticed cut marks on it and dated it to around 12,500 years ago.

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When
About 12,500 years ago
Where
52.8900, -8.8800
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Private land near Ennis. The bone is in the National Museum of Ireland.

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