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The Lydstep Pig

Lydstep Haven, Pembrokeshire

A wild boar killed with flint arrows, found in a drowned forest.

In 1917 the skeleton of a wild pig was found in the remains of a drowned forest on the beach at Lydstep. Two tiny flint arrow points were still lodged in its neck.

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When
About 4300 BC
Where
51.6480, -4.7650
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Tree stumps of the drowned forest sometimes show at low tide.

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