CAVE BURIAL

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

Screech Hole

Excavation

Local cavers.

Curation

Wells and Mendip Museum.

Burials

MNI: 3 (2 adult, 1 juvenile).

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Iron Age14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

2533bp (BRAMS-1263.2.2) on human bone.

Field Glossary

Croscombe

Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 59721 44675

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive3080

Bibliography

Simmonds, V.J. & Brayne, K. (2019) A summary report and radiocarbon date on the human remains from a bone assemblage found at Screech Hole, Ham Woods, near Croscombe. Somerset. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (1): 129-136.

Article Author Graham Mullan