A new translation of the chapter on Arch Cave, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, from É-A Martel’s classic book Irelande et Cavernes Anglaises, first published in 1897, is presented.

In September 2010 the author discovered a possible Late Upper Palaeolithic engraving of a cervid in Cathole Cave on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales (Figure 1). Members of the NERC-Open University Uranium Series Facility extracted samples from the surface on which the engraving was made in April 2012, together with a sample from a section of flowstone covering part of the reindeer’s muzzle.A single date of 12,572 ± 600 years BP was obtained from the overlying flowstone, suggesting a minimum age for the engraving (Nash et al. 2010, 2012). This discovery prompted the author to explore the cave with a greater degree of scrutiny. As part of the remit to record this and other features within the cave, the Welsh heritage agency CADW commissioned a 3D digital survey of the main galley and side chambers of the cave. This survey allowed the team to produce an accurate and definitive plan of the cave (Nash and Beardsley, 2012). In addition, a survey was undertaken in July 2012 where the majority of the accessible surfaces of the cave were explored. This paper describes the results of that phase of work.

This paper describes cave explorations in Co. Clare that have taken place since the publication of The Caves of Co. Clare and South Galway (Mullan 2003) and the previous cave notes papers in 2005, 2008 and 2011.

The 2014 expedition continued ongoing UBSS survey work in the Cong area The most notable site worked on was Ballymaglancy Resurgence cave, with a survey and description presented in this report. Several other notable caves in the area have also been surveyed.

Inscriptions including the names of two children Henry Young and John Clark dating to the 18th century have been found in Grebe Swallet, an old mine at Charterhouse, reopened in 1982 by Dr. W.I. Stanton and his digging team. In February 2015 investigations at the Somerset Record Office produced background information from which it has been possible to gain an insight into the graffiti. Henry and John were both small boys when they were in Grebe Swallet, and could possibly have been accompanied by their fathers, John Young and Jeremiah Clark.

An account is given of the acquisition in 1937 of a Megger Earth Tester by L.S. Palmer and its place in the relationship between Palmer and Eli Simpson of the British Speleological Association.

Two badly worn coins, believed be of Roman date were discovered in this cave in 1979. They have recently been rediscovered in the Society’s museum and are described and illustrated here.