Brimble Pit Swallet
Excavation
? 1956.
Curation
J. Lewis
Burials
MNI: ?
Finds
Polished greenstone axe, flint artefacts, Neolithic grooved ware pottery, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
-
External References
| Mendip Cave Registry and Archive | 111 |
| National Monuments Record | ST 55 SW 133 |
| Sites and Monument Record | S 31645 |
Bibliography
Barrington, N. and Stanton, W.I. (1977) Mendip - The Complete Caves and a View of the Hills. 3rd edition. Barton Publications, Cheddar.
Lewis, J. (2000) Upwards at 45 degrees: the use of vertical caves during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age on Mendip, Somerset. CAPRA 2
Lewis, J. 2005. Monuments, Ritual and Regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset. B.A.R. British Series 401. B.A.R., Oxford.
Article Author Graham Mullan