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THE NORTH CAVE
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The Cave was discovered during quarrying works in 1949. This is situated very close to Ggantija Temples in Xaghra and the quantity of Tarxien Phase (c.3600-2500 BC) material found in it suggests that the site could have been the Temples' rubbish pit during this particular period.
Prior to the Tarxien Phase it could have been a rock cut tomb as some ceramic sherds of the Ggantija scratched type (c.3600-3000 BC), together with fragments of human skull and some animal bones have also been retrieved.
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USEFUL INFORMATION
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How to go: A cave hewn in the Upper Coralline limestone lies to the north of the Ġgantija temples, Xagħra, just across the road from the modern gate of the complex.
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