CAVE BURIAL

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

Tickenham Rock Shelter


Excavation

J.H. Savory, 1923; J.N. Pullan, 1979-80.

Curation

Taunton Museum; Weston-super-Mare Museum.

Burials

MNI: 3+ (2 adults, 1 juvenile).

Finds

Flint flakes; Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts; animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Tickenham

North Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 4443 7219

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive908
National Monuments RecordST 47 SW 37

Bibliography

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

Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.

Pullan, J.N. (1981) Tickenham Cave. Clevedon and District Archaeological Society Newsletter 1-3.

Savory, J.H. (1924) The Tickenham Rock Shelter. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 2 (2): 173-175.

Article Author Graham Mullan