Walton Bone Cave, Walton-in-Gordano, North Somerset


NGR: ST 4184 7265

NMR: ST 47 SW 40

SMR: -

SAM: -

MCRA: 777

Excavation: H.A. Davis et al., 1905.

Curation: Bristol Museum; British Museum, London.

Burials: MNI: ?1 (presence of human remains not confirmed).

Finds: Bone point; animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Davies, H.N. (1906) Supplementary notes on the Clevedon Bone Cave and gravels. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 188-189.

Greenly, E. (1922) An aeolian Pleistocene deposit at Clevedon. Geological Magazine 59: 365 and 414.

Hinton, M.A.C. (1906) Note on the occurrence of the Alpine vole (Microtus nivalis) in the Clevedon cave deposit. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 190-191.

Palmer, L.S. & Hinton, M.A.C. (1928) Some gravel deposits at Walton near Clevedon. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 3 (3): 154-161.

Reynolds, S.H. (1906) A bone cave at Walton, near Clevedon. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 183-187.

Reynolds, S.H. (1913) Fifty years of geological research in the Bristol district. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 4: 45-54.

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