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Country Focus: The Red Lady of Paviland

The Red Lady of Paviland

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, The Red Lady of Paviland

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the discovery the Red lady of Paviland.

Western Europe’s oldest ceremonial burial in Paviland Cave - a palaeolithic site with its finds dating back over 30,000 years.

In 1823, geologists investigating mammoth remains in Gower found a partial human skeleton, bones heavily stained with red ochre and surrounded a wealth of grave goods including shell beads and carved ivory.  Two hundred years on, Tourism Swansea Bay is exploring new ways of the celebrating the legacy of this important find, what came to be known as the Red Lady of Paviland.  The project will explore Gower's rich palaeolithic and neolithic sites with walks and places to visit, culminating with the Red Lady Festival at the Gower Heritage Centre 22nd June 2024.  Caroline Evans takes a walk back in time to the cave and explores the history and the heritage and asks should the bones the artefacts be returned?

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