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ContributorThe Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives-
AuthorSuzanne A. G. Leroy-
AuthorMichael J. Simms-
Date2010-
Other Identifierhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.425.4112-
Other Identifierhttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/4357/1/guano ms final.pdf-
URIhttps://www.amad.org/jspui/handle/123456789/68830-
DescriptionKarst cave systems are well developed in Wales (UK) and, in some instances, constitute important bat roosts. Ogof Draenen, near Blaenavon in south-east Wales, is the most recent major cave discovery (1994) with already> 70 km of passages explored spanning a vertical range of 148 m. With the exception of one small chamber (Siambre Ddu) located directly above the main Ogof Draenen system, very few bats have been noticed inside. Extensive accumulations of guano, attributable to Rhinolophus hipposideros, are however found in parts of the Ogof Draenen system. In places covering many square meters and sometimes building heaps> 0.5 m thick, these represent volumes not yet found in any other cave system in the British Isles. Although the date of the abandonment of the main Ogof Draenen system as a bat roost remains unknown, six radiocarbon dates on guano from Ogof Draenen place the occupation in the Iron Age to Medieval period at least. Palynological analysis was undertaken on ten samples distributed through the cave. Comparisons were made with a moss polster and a lake mud sample from the area to provide a first approximation of the regional modern pollen rain and-
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Languageeng-
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Dewey Decimal Classification940-
TitleIron Age to Medieval entomogamous vegetation and Rhinolophus hipposideros roost in south-eastern Wales (UK)-
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AMAD ID568202-
Year2010-
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