Cave of El Castillo

Local nameCueva de El Castillo
LocationPuente Viesgo, Spain

The Cueva del Castillo, or Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain.

The archaeological stratigraphy has been divided into around 19 layers, depending on the source they slightly deviate from each other, however the overall sequence is consistent, beginning in the Proto-Aurignacian, and ending in the Bronze Age.The El Castillo cave contains the oldest known cave painting: a large red stippled disk in the Panel de las Manos

was dated to more than 40,000 years old using uranium-thorium dating in a 2012 study.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_El_Castillo

Address CA-703, 39670, Spain

Coordinates 43°17'31.988" N -3°57'55.759" E

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