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
Period | Reliability |
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Unknown | No reliable dating information available |
14C
-
External References
Mendip Cave Registry and Archive | 908 |
National Monuments Record | ST 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