cave which contains 1.7 m of deposits. These deposits have been blown into the cave over time and are mixed in with archaeological evidence. These can be excavated and analysed to reveal how the geography and life has changed during the time that they were deposited. Vanguard was first excavated in 1989, and lies just a few metres north of Gorham's Cave, which was excavated in 1951.

Neanderthal inhabitation

In 2008 it was revealed that the cave supplied evidence that Homo neanderthalensis had

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