A reconsideration of the radiocarbon dating of the Marine Isotope Stage 3 fauna from southern Ireland

With the improvements in the techniques of radiocarbon dating since the 1990s and the pretreatment of bone samples, it has become apparent that some of the radiocarbon dates from Irish caves such as Castlepook Cave may not be as accurate as previously determined. The faunal remains and sediments within Castlepook Cave are important as this cave is one of only two caves in Ireland in which both pre‐ and post‐Last Glacial Maximum sediments...