CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Beaker Shelter


Excavation

Balch, 1931; ?, 1951.

Curation

Wells Museum; Wookey Hole Museum.

Burials

MNI: 4+

Finds

Flint arrowhead and scrapers; Beaker pottery; animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Early Bronze AgeStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate
NeolithicStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate

14C

-

St Cuthbert Out

Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 5262 4866

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive100
National Monuments RecordST 54 NW 81
Sites and Monument RecordS 22784

Bibliography

Barrington, N. & Stanton, W.I. (1977) Mendip - The Complete Caves and a View of the Hills. 3rd edition. Barton Publications, Cheddar.

Article Author Graham Mullan