CAVE BURIAL

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

Cooper's Hole


Excavation

R.F. Parry, 1931-32; UBSS, 1930s; MCG 1959-60; Time Team, 1998.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Flint artefact, Iron Age pottery, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Cheddar

Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 4682 5402

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive734
National Monuments RecordST 45 SE 5
Sites and Monument RecordS 10395

Bibliography

Balch, H.E. (1949) Cheddar – Its Gorge and Caves. Wright, Bristol.

Gibson, A.M. (1982) Beaker domestic sites: a study of the domestic pottery of the late third and early second millenia B.C. in the British Isles. British Archaeological Reports British Series 107. B.A.R., Oxford.

Lewis, F. (1980) Cooper’s Hole (Cheddar Gorge). Belfry Bulletin 388/389.

Parry, R.F. (1933) Coopers Hole, CheddarGorge. Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society Annual Report 43: 52.

Reynolds, C.F. (1962) The deposits of Cooper’s Hole, Cheddar. a provisional report. Mendip Caving Group Journal 3: 60-61.

Article Author Graham Mullan