Chapter VIII

THE PLEISTOCENE CAVES OF GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN.

Relation of Pleistocene to Prehistoric Period 264

Magnitude of Interval 265

Animals 265, 266

Physical Changes--Excavation and filling up of Valleys 267-272

Fisherton, near Salisbury 267

Freshford, near Bath 269

Comparison of Deposits in Valleys with those in Caves 272

Difference of Mineral Condition 273

Pleistocene Caves of Germany--Gailenreuth 273-276

Kühloch 276-278

Pleistocene Caves of Great Britain 278

” ” Yorkshire--Kirkdale 279-284

” ” Derbyshire--Dream Cave 284, 285

” ” North Wales, near St. Asaph 286, 287

Caves of South Wales in Glamorgan and Carmarthen 288

” Pembrokeshire 289

” Monmouth 290

” Gloucestershire and Somersetshire 291

” the Mendip Hills--Hutton 292

Banwell 293

Uphill 294

Hyæna Den, Wookey Hole 295-314

The district of the Mendip higher in Pleistocene Age than now 314

The condition of Bones gnawed by Hyænas 314-317

The Caves of Devonshire--Oreston 317, 318

Caves at Brixham 319-324

Kent’s Hole 324-330

Probable Age of the Machairodus in Kent’s Hole 330-335

Caves of Ireland--Shandon 335