CAVE BURIAL

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

Dinder Wood Shelter


Excavation

H.E. Balch, 1933.

Curation

Wells and Mendip Museum.

Burials

MNI: 1 (juvenile).

Finds

Neolithic flint axe, Romano-British pottery, iron slag, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

St Cuthbert Out

Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 5884 4541

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive1441
National Monuments RecordST 54 NE 4
Sites and Monument RecordS 23367

Bibliography

Balch, H.E. (1933) On the smaller caves of the Dinder District. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 79: 61-65.

Balch, H.E. (1948) Mendip - Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters. Wright, Bristol.

Jackson, W. (1937) Schedule of cave finds. Caves and Caving 1: 49.

Article Author Graham Mullan