{"id":18732,"date":"2026-04-21T13:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/18732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:52:12","slug":"medieval-castle-sits-atop-a-prehistoric-time-capsule-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/18732\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval castle sits atop a prehistoric time capsule in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Medieval castle sits atop a prehistoric time capsule in Britain\" title=\"Medieval castle sits atop a prehistoric time capsule in Britain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pembroke-castle-1776778689.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: University of Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p> Excavations at La Cotte de St Brelade on the island of Jersey have revealed that a site famous for its medieval associations actually sits atop one of the most significant Neanderthal sites in Europe. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0According to researchers, the location served as a &#8220;prehistoric time capsule&#8221; for over 200,000 years, offering a rare glimpse into how early humans adapted to changing climates, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/this-medieval-castle-sits-atop-a-prehistoric-time-capsule-new-excavations-could-reveal-the-history-of-neanderthals-in-britain-180988562\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith Sonianmag.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The site, which features a massive granite headland, was used as a hunting ground where Neanderthals likely stampeded mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses off the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p>Recent archaeological work has uncovered thousands of stone tools and bone fragments buried deep beneath the layers of earth. These findings suggest that the site was occupied repeatedly across multiple<a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/avi-loeb-urges-scientific-review-of-soon-to-be-released-ufo-files\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ice Ages<\/a>, making it a critical location for understanding the long-term survival strategies of Neanderthals in Britain and North France. Experts believe that further study of the site&#8217;s unique geology and preserved artifacts will help solve mysteries regarding the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals and the arrival of modern humans in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/leyla-sirinova\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Leyla  \u015eirinova<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: University of Aberdeen Excavations at La Cotte de St Brelade on the island of Jersey have revealed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,5314,401,8578,8574,8577,8575,8576,8579],"class_list":{"0":"post-18732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-castle","10":"tag-history","11":"tag-mammoths","12":"tag-medieval","13":"tag-neanderthals","14":"tag-prehistoric-time","15":"tag-time-capsule","16":"tag-woolly-rhinocero"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116443030649293495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}