CAVE BURIAL

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

Bob's Cave


Excavation

J. Wright, 1986.

Curation

Plymouth City Museum.

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult).

Finds

None.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Early Neolithic14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

bp (OxA-4983) on human bone.

Yealmpton

Devon

South West

NGR: SX 5745 5124

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External References

National Monuments RecordSX 55 SE 21
Sites and Monument RecordDV 56356
Devon and Cornwall Cave Registry116

Bibliography

Chamberlain, A.T. (1996) More dating evidence for human remains in British caves. Antiquity 70: 950-953.

Chamberlain, A.T. & Ray, K. (1994) A Catalogue of Quaternary Fossil Bearing Cave Sites in the Plymouth Area. Plymouth City Council, Plymouth.

Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1998) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 26. Archaeometry 40: 437-455.

Article Author Graham Mullan