Cow Cave
Also known as Cow Hole
Excavation
F. Beynon, 1927-35; J.W. Simons, 1962-3; C. Proctor, 2016 .
Curation
Torquay Museum.
Burials
MNI: 2 (adults)
Finds
Flint and chert artefacts; animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
4905 bp (OxA-17307), 4967 bp (OxA-17308) on human bone
External References
| National Monuments Record | SX 87 NE 61 |
| Sites and Monument Record | MDV14724 |
| Devon and Cornwall Cave Registry | 185 |
Bibliography
Beynon, F. (1934) The Cow Cave, Chudleigh. Transactions and Proceedings of the Torquay Natural History Society 6(2): 127-132.
Holman, J.A. (1988) Herpetofauna of the Late Devensian/Early Flandrian Cow Cave Site, Chudleigh, Devon. Herpetological Journal 1: 214-218.
Lundberg, J., Simons, J. & McFarlane, D. (2008) A Pleistocene chronology for the fauna and artefacts of Cow Cave, Devon, UK. Cave and Karst Science 34(3): 101-104.
Proctor, C. et al. (2017) Cow Cave, Chudleigh, Devon. Historic England and Devon County Council.
Sheridan, A. Schulting, R. Quinnell, H. & Taylor, R. (2008) Revisiting a small passage tomb at Broadsands, Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society 66: 1-26.
Simons, J.W. (2010) A re-appraisal of the stratigraphy, palaeontology and dating of Cow Cave, Chudleigh, Devon, England. International Journal of Speleology 39: 113-115.
Article Author Graham Mullan